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with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II — European Council and Council
Europaparlamentet noterar fördelningen av de kontrakt som tilldelats under 2013 och 2012 efter den typ av kontrakt som använts:
having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section II — European Council and Council,
Typ av kontrakt
having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
Antal
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0116/2015),
Procent (%)
A. whereas all Union institutions ought to be transparent and fully accountable to the citizens of the Union for the funds entrusted to them as Union institutions,
Tjänster
B. whereas in the absence of replies to Parliament's questions and the lack of sufficient information, Parliament is not in the position to make an informed decision about granting the discharge,
Materiel
Notes that on the basis of its audit work, the Court of Auditors concluded that the payments as a whole for the year ended on 31 December 2013 for administrative and other expenditure of the institutions and bodies were free from material error;
Arbeten
Takes note that in its 2013 annual report, the Court of Auditors observed that no significant weaknesses had been identified in respect of the audited topics for the European Council and the Council;
Fastigheter
Notes that in 2013, the European Council and the Council had an overall budget of EUR 535511300 (EUR 533920000 in 2012), with an implementation of 86,7 %; regrets the decrease of the utilisation rate in 2013, compared to 91,8 % in 2012;
Totalt
Is concerned that the underspending rate continues to be high and relates to almost all categories; reiterates its calls for the development of key performance indicators to improve the budgetary planning for the coming years;
(Årsrapport om kontrakt som tilldelats av Europaparlamentet, 2013, s. 7.)
Takes note that EUR 71376244 of commitments were cancelled in 2013 due to underspending and a reduction in the use of facilities;
Värde (EUR)
Is surprised to learn that EUR 5 million committed for the acquisition of the ‘Europa’ building was carried over to 2014 for actual payment; considers this balance, in addition to other appropriations carried over, as going against the principles of annuality and sound financial management of the Financial Regulation;
Europaparlamentet noterar fördelningen av de kontrakt som tilldelats under 2013 och 2012 efter den typ av förfarande som använts:
Reiterates that the budget of the European Council and the Council should be separated in order to contribute to the transparency of the financial management of the institutions and to improve the accountability of both institutions;
Typer av förfarande
Reiterates its call on the European Council and the Council to send Parliament their annual activity report with a comprehensive overview of all human resources available to both institutions, broken down by category, grade, sex, nationality and vocational training; notes that this table should be automatically included in the annual activity report of the institutions;
Öppet
Welcomes the establishment of the Audit Committee in the Council's General Secretariat and the adoption of a new internal audit charter; asks the Council to keep Parliament informed of the benefits and results of these changes;
Selektivt
Regrets that in 2013, there was a decrease in the implementation of the follow-up remarks made by the internal audit; agrees with the Council on ‘the importance of timely implementation of audit recommendations’ [1]; expects this procedure to be carried out without delay;
Förhandlat
Is concerned by the delayed implementation of audit recommendations by the translation service;
Konkurrens
Observes with concern the enormous disparities in translation costs for the different Union institutions; asks consequently that the Interinstitutional Working Group on Translation identify the causes of these disparities and put forward solutions that will bring this imbalance to an end and produce harmonised translation costs that fully respect quality and linguistic diversity; notes, with this in mind, that the Working Group should relaunch a collaboration between the institutions in order to share best practices and outcomes and identify those areas in which cooperation or agreements between the institutions may be strengthened; notes that the Working Group should also aim to establish a unified methodology for presentation of translation costs which all the institutions can use, in order to simplify the analysis and comparison of these costs; notes that the Working Group should present the results of this work before the end of 2015; calls on all the institutions to be actively involved in the work of the Interinstitutional Working Group; recalls in this regard the fundamental importance of respect for multilingualism in the Union institutions in order to guarantee equal treatment and equal opportunities for all Union citizens;
0Undantag
Considers that at a time of crisis and budgetary cuts in general, the cost of ‘away days’ for staff at the Union institutions has to be reduced and that these should take place, where possible, on the institutions' own premises as the added value derived from these away days does not justify such high costs;
0Totalt
Is concerned by the shortage of women in positions of responsibility in Union institutions; calls on the Council to set in motion an equal opportunities plan referring especially to management posts, with the aim of correcting this imbalance as soon as possible;
(Årsrapport om kontrakt som tilldelats av Europaparlamentet, 2013, s. 9.)
Regrets that the drafting of a handbook for the management of building projects has been delayed;
Exceptionella förhandlade förfaranden
Takes note that some of the audit recommendations on the ‘Europa’ building project are still lagging behind execution; reiterates its call for the Council to provide a thorough written explanation detailing the total amount of appropriations used in the purchase of the building;
Europaparlamentet noterar att exceptionella förhandlade förfaranden utgjorde 39 % av de förhandlade förfaranden som inleddes under 2013.
Demands that the institution's building policy be attached to its annual activity report, especially given that it is important that the costs of such a policy are properly rationalised and that such costs are not excessive;
Parlamentet är bekymrat över att parlamentet utnyttjat det exceptionella förhandlade förfarandet för tilldelningen av 56 kontrakt under 2013 och begär att inte endast det totala antalet kontrakt ska anges utan även det sammanlagda värdet för dessa kontrakt.
Takes note of the zero growth (0,3 %) (EUR 1,6 million) in the Council's budget for 2013; considers it a positive trend and expects it to continue in the coming years;
Europaparlamentet anser att utanordnarna bör lämna heltäckande och transparenta motiveringar för användningen av ett exceptionellt förhandlat förfarande.
Calls on the Council to cooperate with other institutions to come up with a unified methodology of presenting translation costs in order to simplify the analysis and comparison of the costs;
Parlamentet begär att den centrala ekonomiska enheten ska konsolidera information om tilldelade kontrakt i årsrapporten till den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten.
Is concerned by the delayed adoption of the internal whistleblowing rules; calls on the Council to implement these without further delay;
Politiska grupper (budgetpunkt 4 0 0)
Calls on the Council to include in its annual activity reports, in compliance with the existing rules on confidentiality and data protection, the results and consequences of closed OLAF cases, where the institution or any of the individuals working for it were the subject of the investigation;
Europaparlamentet noterar att de anslag som förts upp under budgetpunkt 4 0 0, som avser politiska grupper och grupplösa ledamöter under 2013, användes på följande sätt:
Reasons of postponement of the decision on granting discharge
Grupp
Reiterates that the Council ought to be transparent and fully accountable to Union citizens for the funds entrusted to it as a Union institution; stresses that this implies that the Council shall take part fully and in good faith in the annual discharge procedure, just as the other institutions do; considers, in this regard, that effective supervision of the Union's budget implementation requires cooperation between Parliament and the Council through a working arrangement; regrets the difficulties encountered in the discharge procedures to date; takes note, nonetheless, of the interest shown by the current Presidency of the Union in reconciling positions, as well as of the letter from the Secretary-General of the Council in response to questions tabled by the Committee on Budgetary Control in which he expresses his willingness to support actively tangible measures to reach a ‘modus vivendi’ as called for by Parliament in its resolution of 23 October 2014 [2]; stresses the need to improve the capacity for dialogue between the two institutions in order to find a solution as soon as possible that will enable compliance with the Treaty mandate and accountability to citizens;
Årliga anslag [2]
Reiterates that it is only possible to implement effective budgetary control with the cooperation of Parliament and the Council, the main elements of which must comprise of formal meetings between representatives of the Council and Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control, answering questions asked by the committee's members on the basis of a written questionnaire and submitting documents to serve as background material for budgetary controls on request;
Egna medel och anslag överförda från tidigare budgetår
Reiterates that without the cooperation of the Council as stated above, Parliament is not in the position to make an informed decision on granting discharge;
Utgifter
Agrees with the Commission's views in its letter of 23 January 2014 to Parliament that it is desirable for Parliament to continue to give, postpone or refuse discharge to the other institutions — including the Council — as has been the case up until now;
Utnyttjande-grad för årliga anslag (%)
Fully endorses and supports the Commission's views in its letter that all institutions are fully part of the follow-up process to the observations made by Parliament in the discharge exercise and that all institutions should cooperate to ensure the smooth functioning of the discharge procedure in full respect of the relevant provisions in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the relevant secondary law;
Belopp överförda till nästa period
Advises the Council that the Commission stated in its letter that it will not oversee the implementation of the budgets of the other institutions and that giving a response to questions addressed to another institution would infringe upon the autonomy of that institution to implement its own section of the budget; recalls that Parliament grants discharge to the other institutions after considering the documents provided and the replies given to the questions; regrets that Parliament repeatedly encounters problems in receiving answers from the Council;
Årliga anslag
Considers it democratic for Parliament to exercise its power to grant discharge pursuant to Articles 316, 317 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in line with current interpretation and practice, namely to grant discharge to each heading of the budget individually in order to maintain transparency and democratic accountability towards Union taxpayers; affirms, therefore, that granting or not granting discharge is a duty Parliament has towards the Union citizens;
Belopp överförda till nästa period (2011)
Is of the opinion that the discharge-related legal framework of the Union should be revised in order to clarify the discharge making process;
PPE
Regrets the fact that not all the Union institutions respect the same standards in relation to transparency and believes that the Council should make improvements in that regard.
Verts/ALE
Summary of 2013 Annual Activity Report by the Internal Auditor of the General Secretariat of the Council, page 2.
Grupplösa ledamöter
OJ L 334, 21.11.2014, p. 95.
Europeiska politiska partier och europeiska politiska stiftelser
with observations forming an integral part of the decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III — Commission and executive agencies
Europaparlamentet noterar att de anslag som 2013 förts upp under budgetpunkt 4 0 2 användes på följande sätt [3]:
having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section III — Commission,
Parti
having regard to its decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budgets of the executive agencies for the financial year 2013,
Förkortning
having regard to Rule 93 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
Egna medel [4]
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the other committees concerned (A8-0101/2015),
Bidrag från parlamentet
A. whereas, for the 20th time in succession, the Court of Auditors was unable to grant a positive statement of assurance regarding the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts, which risks eroding the legitimacy of Union spending and policies;
Inkomster, totalt
B. whereas, especially in a situation of scarce resources, the Commission should lead by example by showing the European added value of its expenditure and by making sure that the funds for which it carries shared or full responsibility are spent in accordance with the applicable financial rules and regulations;
Bidrag från parlamentet såsom % av stödberättigande utgifter (max 85 %)
C. whereas the Commission has ultimate responsibility for the implementation of the Union budget while the Member States have to sincerely cooperate with the Commission to ensure that the appropriations are used in accordance with the principles of sound financial management; whereas Member States, especially under shared management of funds, have a special responsibility in implementing the Union budget;
Inkomstöverskott (överföring till reserver) eller förlust
D. whereas it is crucial that under the shared management of funds, the data communicated by the Member States regarding both revenue and expenditure under the shared management of funds are fair and accurate; whereas it is crucial that Member States understand their own responsibility on the management of Union funds under shared management;
Europeiska folkpartiet
E. whereas the interinstitutional dialogue laid down in Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides an opportunity to stimulate a new culture of performance inside the Commission;
Europeiska Socialdemokraters Parti
Shared and decentralised management: Deficiencies in the Commission's and Member States' management
Alliansen liberaler och demokrater för Europa
Reservations in agriculture and rural development
Europeiska gröna partiet
Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in agriculture and rural development as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG AGRI in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014;
Alliansen av europeiska konservativa och reformister
ABB02 — Market Measures: EUR 198,3 million at risk; seven aid schemes in nine Member States with 11 elements of reservation: Poland EUR 77,6 million, Spain EUR 54 million, France EUR 32,4 million, Netherlands EUR 16,4 million, UK EUR 8,5 million, Italy EUR 5 million, Czech Republic EUR 2 million, Austria EUR 1,9 million, Sweden EUR 0,5 million;
Europeiska vänsterpartiet
ABB 03 — Direct payments: EUR 652 million at risk; 20 paying agencies comprising 6 Member States concerned: Spain (15 out of 17 paying agencies) EUR 153 million, France EUR 203,4 million, UK PRA England EUR 118 million, Greece EUR 117,8 million, Hungary EUR 36,6 million, Portugal EUR 28 million;
Europeiska demokratiska partiet
ABB 04 — Rural development expenditure: EUR 599 million at risk; 31 paying agencies comprising 19 Member States concerned: Belgium, Bulgaria (EUR 56,8 million), Cyprus, Germany (Bayern, Brandenburg), Denmark, Spain (Andalucia, Asturias, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y Léon, FOGGA Galicia, Madrid), Finland, France (ODARC, ASP (EUR 70,3 million)), UK (SGRPID Scotland, RPA England), Greece, Ireland, Italy (AGEA (EUR 52,6 million), AGREA Emilia-Romagna, OPR Lombardy, OPPAB Bolzano, ARCEA Calabria), Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland (EUR 56,7 million), Portugal (EUR 51,7 million), Romania (EUR 138,9 million) and Sweden;
0EU-demokraterna
ABB 05: EUR 2,6 million at risk — IPARD expenditure for Turkey;
Europeiska fria alliansen
Reservations in regional policy
Europeiska kristna politiska rörelsen
Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all underlying transactions in regional policy as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG REGIO in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014; notes that 73 of 322 programmes have been put under reservations as a consequence of partially reliable management and control system (compared to 85 of 317 OPs in 2012); notes that the interim payments made to those 2007-2013 programmes under reservation equal EUR 6035,5 million; notes that the Commission estimated the amount at risk at EUR 440,2 million;
Europeiska fria alliansen
Acknowledges that while these reservations are an indication of deficiencies in the Member States' control systems, they are also an effective instrument used by the Commission to accelerate action by the Member States to remedy these deficiencies and thus protect the Union budget;
Alliansen för europeiska nationella rörelser
Reservations in Employment and social affairs
Rörelsen för frihetens och demokratins Europa
Cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place in the Commission and the Member States give the necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all the underlying transactions in employment and social affairs as demonstrated by the reservations issued by the Director-General of DG EMPL in its annual activity report on 31 March 2014; notes that its annual activity report contains a reservation relating to payments made for the 2007-2013 programming period for an amount at risk of EUR 123,2 million in 2013; notes that these reservations covered 36 of 118 the European Social Funds (ESF) Operational Programmes (OP) (compared to 27 out of 117 OPs in 2012);
Europaparlamentet noterar att de anslag som 2013 förts upp under budgetpunkt 4 0 3 användes på följande sätt [5]:
The Court of Auditors' Statement of Assurance
Stiftelse
Accounts and legality and regularity of revenue — clean opinions
Ansluten till parti
Welcomes the fact that the annual accounts of the Union for the financial year 2013 present fairly, and in all material respects, the position of the Union as of 31 December 2013 and notes with satisfaction that revenue underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 is legal and regular in all material respects;
Egna medel [6]
Reservation as regards Gross National Income (GNI) contributions
Centret för Europastudier
Issues a reservation concerning the way Member States' GNI contributions have been calculated due to deficiencies [1] as regards the Commission's verification of data [2]; recalls that the Court of Auditors concludes that the Commission's verification of GNI data was not sufficiently structured and focused;
New Direction – Foundation for European Reform
Legality and regularity of commitments — clean opinion
Europeiska kristna politiska rörelsen
Notes with satisfaction that the commitments underlying the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2013 are legal and regular in all material respects;
ALTER-EU: Mind the Gap (http://www.alter-eu.org/sites/default/files/documents/Mind%20the%20Gap%20briefing.pdf).
Legality and regularity of payments — adverse opinion
Alla belopp i tusen EUR.
Believes it is unacceptable that payments remain, for the twentieth year in a row, materially affected by error;
Varför fick ledamöterna inte lämna synpunkter på ett beslut som i så hög grad påverkar deras arbete?
Understands that the basis for the Court of Auditors' adverse opinion is the conclusion that the supervisory and control systems are only partially effective and that, as a result, payments are affected by a most likely error rate of 4,7 %;
Europaparlamentets ledamöter
Recalls that the most likely error rate for payments in the 2012 financial year was estimated at 4,8 %, in the financial year 2011 at 3,9 %, in the 2010 financial year at 3,7 %, in the 2009 financial year at 3,3 %, in the 2008 financial year at 5,2 % and in the 2007 financial year at 6,9 %, thus making an average level around 4,6 % over the period covered by the previous Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2007-2013; notes that the Court of Auditors' annual reports therefore show a stabilisation of the error rate in 2013 at the level of the average for the MFF 2007-2013, which nevertheless demonstrates a steady upward and negative trend since 2009;
PSE
Points out that according to the Court of Auditors' annual report for 2013, the shared management areas have an estimated error rate of 5,2 %; notes that all other operational expenditure (which is mostly directly managed by the Commission) has an estimated error rate of 3,7 %; emphasises that both error rates are above the materiality threshold of 2 %; stresses that the shared management areas have an error rate substantially higher than the one for all other operational expenditure;
Källa: PV BUR.
Notes that the Director-General of DG REGIO in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014 has put under reservations, as a consequence of partially reliable management and control system, 73 of 322 programmes for 2013, which represent a smaller share compared to 2012 (85 of 317 OPs); notes that the estimated amount at risk is EUR 1135,3 million and that these reservations and the corresponding amount concern the two programming periods 2007-2013 and 2000-2006;
20.10.2014 (PE 538.295/BUR) och PV BUR.
Takes note that the Director-General of DG RTD has issued one reservation concerning the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7) in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014 and that the estimated impact in 2013 is between EUR 105,5 million and EUR 109,5 million;
20.10.2014 (PE 538.297/BUR) punkt 12.
Notes that the Director-General of DG MARE has issued one reservation concerning the European Fisheries Fund in its annual activity report of 31 March 2014 and that the amount at risk in 2013 is EUR 10,77 million;
EFDD
Draws attention to the need for the continuous improvement of the management and control systems in Member States in order to guarantee the better financial management of Union funds and a decrease in the error rate in the respective policy sectors in the course of the programming period 2014-2020;
EFA
Financial corrections and recoveries
Anses konceptet ”GÖR NÅGOT.
Notes that the financial corrections reported as implemented in 2013 dropped from EUR 3,7 billion in 2012 to EUR 2,5 billion in 2013 and recalls that the high financial correction in 2012 was mainly due to a single EUR 1,8 billion correction in Spain, rectifying structural funds expenditures during the period 2000-2006; notes that in 2013, the Commission implemented financial corrections and recoveries amounting to EUR 3362 million, which represented 2,3 % of payments from the Union budget;
GÖR DET BÄTTRE.