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Takes into consideration that the new Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union was adopted on 25 October 2012 and took effect on 1 January 2013 while the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 209 of the new Financial Regulation did not enter into force until 8 February 2014; acknowledges that the Financial Rules of the Joint Undertaking have been amended to take into account the model financial regulation in July 2014;
Parlamentet noterar dessutom att vid årets slut antog styrelsen en ändringsbudget som ökade åtagandebemyndigandena till 255700000 EUR och minskade betalningsbemyndigandena till 130600000 EUR.
Notes the Joint Statement by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission [2] and the subsequent political agreement reached on the separate discharge to be given by the Parliament upon recommendation of the Council, for Joint Undertakings under Article 209 of the Financial Regulation;
Parlamentet noterar att efter ändringen av budgeten var den övergripande genomförandegraden 99,5 % för åtagandebemyndigandena och 97,5 % för betalningsbemyndigandena.
Internal control systems
Parlamentet konstaterar från revisionsrättens rapport att när det gäller den operativa verksamheten var genomförandegraden 100 % för åtagandebemyndigandena och 99 % för betalningsbemyndigandena.
Notes that in accordance with the strategic audit plan for 2012-2014 approved by the Joint Undertaking's Governing Board on 3 November 2011, the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an assurance engagement of project management and reporting on operational performance; points out that the final report which was dated 30 January 2014 includes recommendations regarding the Joint Undertaking's process of improving its monitoring systems on operational performance, such as reviewing the design and reporting of objectives and key performance indicators (‘KPIs’), strengthening of the project monitoring and improving the IT systems to enhance reporting;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar det gemensamma företaget att förse den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten med detaljerad information om bidragen in natura från EFPIA-företag, särskilt om vilken typ av bidrag det rör sig om och deras respektive värde.
Acknowledges that the IAS also performed an IT risk assessment of the Joint Undertaking's specific IT systems as well as the common infrastructure it shares with the FCH, Clean Sky, ENIAC and Artemis Joint Undertakings; points out that in the case of the Joint Undertaking's specific IT systems, the IAS reports the need for more formal instructions on project management and on change control processes in the contracts in order to mitigate contract-management risk; notes from the Court's report that this recommendation was implemented in January 2014;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar det gemensamma företaget att för den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten lägga fram en rapport om bidragen från alla medlemmar, utöver kommissionen, inbegripet tillämpningen av metoden för utvärdering av bidrag in natura, tillsammans med en bedömning från kommissionen.
Takes note that procedures regarding the protection, dissemination and transfer of research results in relation to Article 7 of the FP7 have been developed by the Joint Undertaking; notes moreover that the Joint Undertaking defined the requirements regarding the general monitoring report of FP7, as well as transferring the data related to its projects to the Commission during 2013, in order for the data to be integrated in the Common Research Data Warehouse; is concerned, however, that the monitoring processes put in place require further development in order to fully comply with the required provisions;
Europaparlamentet uppmanar revisionsrätten att lägga fram en fullständig och lämplig finansiell bedömning av det gemensamma företagets rättigheter och skyldigheter för perioden fram till det datum då det gemensamma företaget för initiativet för innovativa läkemedel 2 inledde sin verksamhet.
Takes note that in order to prevent conflicts of interest in respect to its Governing Board members, experts and employees, the Joint Undertaking has put in place specific measures which are included in the rules of procedure of both the Governing Board and the Scientific Committee, as well as in the documentation on the code of conduct and conflicts of interest in the case of independent experts during evaluation; notes furthermore that the Joint Undertaking has adopted an updated and comprehensive policy on conflicts of interest for both management and staff members in April 2013;
Ansökningsomgångar
Acknowledges that between March and July 2013, the Commission's Second Interim Evaluation was carried out in order to assess the Joint Undertaking in terms of relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and research policy and that the report on the evaluation was issued on 31 July 2013;
Europaparlamentet tar hänsyn till att år 2013 var det sista år då inbjudningar kunde skickas ut inom sjunde ramprogrammet [1].
Points out that the report highlights the areas where improvements can be made; takes note however that the report considers the Joint Undertaking a success in achieving its objectives; notes in particular that as regards the Joint Undertaking's communication strategy, there is a need to develop additional KPIs which should help demonstrate its impact and socioeconomic benefits, the optimisation of the organisational structure and a more flexible funding mechanism in a quantitative manner;
Parlamentet noterar att åtaganden ingicks för hela forskningsbudgeten (970000000 EUR) och även för de nödvändiga motsvarande bidragen in natura från EFPIA-företag (982000000 EUR).
Notes from the Court's report that ex post audit corrections resulting from the first audits of the representative sample were implemented and are reflected in the 2013 financial accounts; observes that the validation of the accounting system does not yet cover the implementation of ex post audit results; calls on the Joint Undertaking to address this issue as a matter of urgency;
Rättslig ram
Takes note that the methodology for evaluating in-kind contributions, which specifies that the validation of the contributions is based on ex ante certifications and ex post audits, was approved by the Governing Board in 2011; notes moreover that the remaining eight certified methodologies for in-kind contributions were completed during 2013 and that the total number of EFPIA companies had been brought to 22; ascertains that the first three ex post audits covering in-kind contributions were completed during the course of 2013, one other ex post audit was initiated and two were in the process of being initiated at the year-end;
Europaparlamentet beaktar att den nya budgetförordningen för unionens allmänna budget antogs den 25 oktober 2012 och trädde i kraft den 1 januari 2013, men att den modellbudgetförordning för offentlig-privata partnerskap som anges i artikel 209 i den nya budgetförordningen inte trädde i kraft förrän den 8 februari 2014.
Other comments
Parlamentet konstaterar att det gemensamma företagets finansiella bestämmelser har ändrats så att de återspeglar modellbudgetförordningen i juli 2014.
Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority on the social-economic benefits of the already completed projects; calls for that report to be submitted to the discharge authority together with an assessment by the Commission;
Europaparlamentet uppmärksammar parlamentets, rådets och kommissionens gemensamma uttalande [2] och den efterföljande politiska överenskommelsen om separat ansvarsfrihet som ska beviljas av parlamentet, på rekommendation av rådet, för gemensamma företag enligt artikel 209 i budgetförordningen.
Recalls that the discharge authority has previously requested the Court to draw up a special report on the capacity of the joint undertakings, together with their private partners, to ensure added value and efficient execution of Union research, technological development and demonstration programmes.
System för intern kontroll
OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
Europaparlamentet noterar att i enlighet med den strategiska granskningsplanen för 2012–2014 som styrelsen godkände den 3 november 2011 genomförde kommissionens tjänst för internrevision (IAS) ett bestyrkandeuppdrag av projektförvaltningen och rapporteringen om verksamhetens resultat.
OJ L 163, 29.5.2014, p. 21.
Parlamentet påpekar att slutrapporten från den 30 januari 2014 innehöll rekommendationer i fråga om det gemensamma företagets fortlöpande ansträngningar för att ytterligare förbättra systemen för övervakning av verksamhetens resultat, bland annat att se över utformningen och rapporteringen om mål och centrala resultatindikatorer, skärpa projektövervakningen och förbättra it-systemen för att förbättra rapporteringen.
with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2013
med de iakttagelser som utgör en del av beslutet om ansvarsfrihet för genomförandet av budgeten för det gemensamma företaget för Iter och utveckling av fusionsenergi för budgetåret 2013
having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2013,
med beaktande av sitt beslut om ansvarsfrihet för genomförandet av budgeten för det gemensamma företaget för Iter och utveckling av fusionsenergi för budgetåret 2013,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0108/2015),
med beaktande av betänkandet från budgetkontrollutskottet (A8-0108/2015), och av följande skäl:
A. whereas the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (‘the Joint Undertaking’) was set up in March 2007 for a period of 35 years,
A. Europeiska gemensamma företaget för Iter och utveckling av fusionsenergi (nedan kallat det gemensamma företaget) inrättades i mars 2007 för en period av 35 år.
B. whereas the members of the Joint Undertaking are Euratom, represented by the Commission, the Member States of Euratom and other 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 andra länder som har ingått samarbetsavtal med Euratom om kontrollerad nukleär fusion.
C. whereas the Joint Undertaking started to work autonomously in March 2008,
C. Det gemensamma företaget startade sin självständiga verksamhet i mars 2008.
D. whereas on 9 October 2008 the Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) delivered Opinion No 4/2008 on the Joint Undertaking's Financial Regulation,
D. Den 9 oktober 2008 avgav revisionsrätten sitt yttrande nr 4/2008 om det gemensamma företagets budgetförordning.
Notes that the Court stated that the 2013 annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2013 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 förklarat att det gemensamma företagets årsredovisning för 2013 i alla väsentliga avseenden ger en rättvisande bild av det gemensamma företagets finansiella ställning per den 31 december 2013 och av resultatet av transaktioner och kassaflöden för det budgetår som slutade detta datum i enlighet med det gemensamma företagets finansiella bestämmelser.
Notes with concern that the Court's report contains an emphasis of matter as a part of its statement of assurance, which indicates a significant risk of increase to which the amount of the Joint Undertaking's contribution to the construction phase of the ITER project is exposed; notes furthermore that the risk of increase of the amount of the contribution results mainly from changes in the scope of the project deliverables as well as from the current schedule which is not considered as realistic and is currently under revision; believes in the importance of a realistic approach for an effective budget and financial management; notes that the Joint Undertaking is contributing to the ITER-wide exercise of providing an overall realistic schedule for the whole project; calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit it urgently to the ITER Council;
Europaparlamentet noterar bekymrat att revisionsrättens rapport innehåller upplysningar av särskild betydelse som en del av revisionsförklaringen, vilka visar att det gemensamma företagets bidrag till Iterprojektets byggfas riskerar att öka kraftigt.
Observes that the Council's conclusions adopted on 7 July 2010 [1] approved EUR 6,6 billion in 2008 values, in order for the Joint Undertaking to contribute to the ITER construction phase of the project; points out with concern from the Court's emphasis of matter that this amount is double compared to the initial budgeted costs and did not include an amount of EUR 663000000 proposed by the Commission and intended to cover potential contingencies; considers that the significant increase of the project may put into danger other programmes which are also financed by the Union's budget and may be contradictory to the ‘value for money’ principle;
Parlamentet noterar vidare att risken för en kraftig ökning av bidraget främst beror på att tillämpningsområdet för projektets förväntade resultat har förändrats och på att den nuvarande tidsplanen anses vara orealistisk och håller på att ses över.
Is deeply concerned that in November 2013 the Joint Undertaking estimated the budget shortfall until the finalisation of the construction phase of the project to be EUR 290000000, representing a deviation of 4,39 % over the figure approved by the Council in 2010 and representing an increase of 10,7 % compared to the initial budget of the project;
Parlamentet anser att det är viktigt att ha en realistisk strategi för en effektiv budgetmässig och finansiell förvaltning.
Is concerned that in relation to these risks, the Joint Undertaking has not yet implemented a system at contract level to regularly monitor the cost deviations and has not updated the valuation of the Joint Undertaking to the ITER project beyond the finalisation of the construction phase;
Parlamentet noterar att det gemensamma företaget bidrar till utarbetandet av en global realistisk tidplan för hela Iterprojektet.
Notes with concern the continuous revisions of time and cost schedule due to on-going delays in the signing of important contracts, which does not allow for the execution of planned pre-financing postponements related to the Joint Undertaking's operational procurement procedures;
Parlamentet uppmanar det gemensamma företaget att brådskande lämna in den till Iterrådet.
Points out with concern that the Joint Undertaking has not detailed in its financial statements the degree of advancement of the work in-progress; acknowledges from the Court that this information is essential in reflecting the status of the activities carried out so far by the Joint Undertaking, as regards the procurement arrangements signed with the ITER International Organisation; points out that from the Joint Undertaking that information regarding overall progress was provided through its Annual Progress Report and Annual Activity report but limited to a raw preliminary estimation of the percentage of works completed, based on the amount of expenses related to procurement arrangements incurred up to date and comparing them to the estimated value of the contribution in kind to the project; acknowledges furthermore that a raw preliminary estimation of works completed is included in the 2013 Annual Accounts; emphasises the need for information and indicators for proper performance measurement, which applies both to output and internal management;
Europaparlamentet påpekar att man i rådets slutsatser, som antogs den 7 juli 2010 [1] godkände 6,6 miljarder EUR (i 2008 års penningvärde) för det gemensamma företagets bidrag till Iterprojektets byggfas.
Takes note that the Joint Undertaking's final 2013 budget available for implementation included commitment appropriations of EUR 1297000000 and payment appropriations of EUR 432400000; notes furthermore that the utilisation rates for commitment and payment appropriations were 100 % and 89,8 % respectively; underlines that the implementation rate for the payment appropriations with respect to the 2013 initial budget before reductions was 57,8 %; acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that this has been caused by delays and mismanagement in the provision of data by the ITER International Organisation as well as longer than planned negotiations with companies in order to decrease costs; expresses its concern on possible future delays or overcosts and their impact on the budget of the ITER project;
Parlamentet noterar bekymrat från revisionsrättens upplysningar av särskild betydelse att detta belopp, som innebar att de ursprungliga budgeterade kostnaderna fördubblades, inte omfattade det belopp på 663000000 EUR som kommissionen föreslog för oförutsedda utgifter.
Asks the Commission and the Director of the Joint Undertaking for ITER to present a report to the discharge authority on the official position of all stakeholders concerning their future commitments on the ITER project;
Parlamentet anser att den avsevärda utökningen av projektet kan utgöra en fara för andra program som också finansieras genom unionens budget och kan vara i strid med principen om ”valuta för pengarna”.
Notes in regard to the Joint Undertaking's commitment appropriations that, out of EUR 1254000000 which were available for operational activities, 61,7 % were implemented through direct individual commitments while the remaining 38,3 % were implemented through global commitments;
Europaparlamentet är djupt bekymrat över att det gemensamma företaget i november 2013 uppskattade underskottet fram till dess att projektets byggfas har slutförts till 290000000 EUR, vilket innebär en avvikelse på 4,39 % jämfört med det belopp som rådet godkände 2010 och en ökning på 10,7 % jämfört med den ursprungliga budgeten för projektet.
Notes with concern that seven members have paid their 2013 annual membership contribution late, amounting to EUR 2200000; considers that any delay on the payment of the annual contribution might have an impact on the way the project is run; stresses that the delays range from three to 48 days; acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that 77 % of delayed payments corresponded to the contribution of two members and were received one working day late;
Europaparlamentet oroar sig över att det gemensamma företaget ännu inte infört ett system på kontraktsnivå när det gäller dessa risker där kostnadsavvikelser regelbundet övervakas, och över att värderingen av det gemensamma företagets bidrag till Iterprojektet efter det att byggfasen har slutförts inte har uppdaterats.
Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to the discharge authority concerning the contributions of all members other than the Commission, including the application of the evaluation rules for in-kind contributions, together with an assessment by the Commission;
Europaparlamentet noterar bekymrat de kontinuerliga revideringarna av kostnadsberäkningar och tidsplaner på grund av de nuvarande förseningarna i undertecknandet av viktiga kontrakt, vilket har gjort det omöjligt att genomföra den planerade förfinansieringen i förbindelse med det gemensamma företagets upphandlingar för operativa ändamål.
Is concerned that the Chair of the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking refers in the 2013 annual activity report to the project delays, as well as to the need to seek cost savings; notes furthermore that the Director refers to the risks associated to a potential budget shortfall by 2020, mainly related to the increased scope in relation to the ITER buildings and to the current schedule; acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that the budget allocated for the current MFF until 2020 will be respected by continuing to develop and implement a broad range of cost containment measures;
Europaparlamentet påpekar bekymrat att det gemensamma företaget i sin årsredovisning inte har preciserat hur långt man har kommit med det pågående arbetet.
Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit in a due term a report to the discharge authority concerning the actual level of project implementation, potential risks and future development of the project, together with an assessment by the Commission;
Parlamentet konstaterar utifrån revisionsrättens uppgifter att denna information är mycket viktig för att man ska se vilken verksamhet som det gemensamma företaget hittills har genomfört när det gäller de upphandlingsavtal som undertecknats med Iters internationella organisation.
Prevention and management of conflict of interest and transparency
Parlamentet erfar från det gemensamma företaget att information om de övergripande framstegen lämnades i dess årliga lägesrapport och den årliga verksamhetsrapporten, men begränsades till en grov preliminär uppskattning av andelen av arbetet som blivit färdigt, vilken baseras på beloppet för utgifter i samband med upphandling som hittills uppstått och på en jämförelse mellan detta och det uppskattade värdet av bidraget in natura till projektet.
Reiterates the need to make the CVs of the Management Board members, the Director and senior management members of the Joint Undertaking publicly available; calls on the Joint Undertaking to remedy this situation as a matter of urgency; acknowledges that the Rules on Management of Conflict of Interest regarding staff members has entered into force and calls for a solid track record of cases;
Parlamentet konstaterar dessutom att årsredovisningen för 2013 omfattar en grov preliminär uppskattning av det arbete som blivit färdigt.
Host State Agreement
Parlamentet framhåller behovet av information och indikatorer för korrekt resultatmätning, som ska tillämpas för både resultat och intern förvaltning.
Acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking that according to the Host State Agreement, signed with the Kingdom of Spain on 28 June 2007, permanent premises should have been made available to the Joint Undertaking by June 2010; notes with concern that at the time of the audit in April 2014, this was still not the case; acknowledges the Joint Undertaking's efforts to remedy this matter as well as the lack of results in the dialogue with the host country;
Europaparlamentet noterar att det gemensamma företagets slutliga driftsbudget för 2013 innehöll åtagandebemyndiganden på 1297000000 EUR och betalningsbemyndiganden på 432400000 EUR.
Working conditions
Parlamentet noterar vidare att utnyttjandegraden för åtagande- och betalningsbemyndigandena var 100 respektive 89,8 %.
Is deeply concerned that the Joint Undertaking has not yet adopted all the rules implementing the Staff Regulations; notes with concern that the working space currently made available is insufficient and impedes its staff from operating in reasonable conditions; is deeply concerned that the working space conditions are having a negative impact on the Joint Undertaking's efforts to fill all the available posts and reduce the vacancy rate; observes with concern that the working space conditions were cited by its employees as one of the major difficulties and concerns in a recent survey amongst the Joint Undertaking's staff; asks the Commission and the Director of the Joint Undertaking to present a report to the discharge authority detailing the reasons of the delay on the implementation of the staff regulations and on the situation concerning the working conditions;
Parlamentet understryker att utnyttjandegraden för betalningsbemyndigandena var 57,8 % i förhållande till den ursprungliga budgeten för 2013 innan den minskades.
Internal control systems
Parlamentet konstaterar efter uppgift från det gemensamma företaget att detta berodde på förseningar och dålig förvaltning i samband med den internationella Iterorganisationens tillhandahållande av data och att förhandlingarna med företagen för att minska kostnaderna dröjt längre än planerat.