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Notes with concern that some agencies are yet to adopt whistle-blowing guidelines; demands that all those Union institutions and agencies that have not yet done so urgently adopt internal rules on whistleblowing and take a common approach to their obligations, focusing on the protection of whistle-blowers; calls on the institutions and agencies to pay special attention to the protection of whistle-blowers in the context of the soon-to-be-adopted Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure; calls on the Commission to promote legislation on a minimum level of protection for whistle-blowers in the Union; calls on the institutions and agencies to ensure that they not only formally oblige officials to report irregularities of all kinds but also lay down adequate protection for whistle-blowers; calls on the institutions and agencies to implement Article 22c of the Staff Regulations without delay;
Europaparlamentet noterar från nätverket att det praktiska genomförandet av rambudgetförordningen hos byråerna ofta innebär utmaningar för effektiva och förenklade budgetutgifter, särskilt inom områdena upphandling, flerårig programplanering, indirekt förvaltning av anslag och komplicerad dokumentation för konsolideringspaketen för kontona.
Takes note from the Network that 16 agencies (52 %) use expert groups, scientific panels and committees and almost all of them take into account concerns raised by the European Ombudsman's own-initiative inquiry (OI/6/2014/NF) opened on 12 May 2014 into their staffing policies for these groups; urges those that do not already take into account these factors to do so, without delay; calls on the agencies to apply the new rules which should be adopted by the Commission on expert groups;
Parlamentet uppmanar kommissionen och nätverket att titta närmare på möjligheten att förenkla reglerna ytterligare och att ta hänsyn till byråernas skiftande behov.
Ascertains that 29 agencies (over 90 %) have policies in place on the publication of the CVs and declarations of interest of their management board members, management staff and external and in-house experts; notes furthermore that 23 agencies (74 %) publish their CVs and declarations of interest on their websites; notes with concern that some of the agencies have issues publishing the CVs or declarations of interest of their management board members, as there is no mechanism which would oblige the management board members to provide these documents; urges the agencies' management board members who have not yet provided documents confirming the absence of conflicts of interest to submit these documents for publication on the respective agencies' websites without delay in order to increase transparency;
Europaparlamentet anser att årsredovisningarna för de decentraliserade byråerna i allt väsentligt ger en rättvisande bild av deras finansiella ställning per den 31 december 2014 och av resultaten av transaktioner och kassaflöden för året i enlighet med bestämmelser i gällande budgetförordning och de redovisningsregler som kommissionens räkenskapsförare har antagit.
Requests that all Union institutions and agencies implement Article 16 of the Staff Regulations by publishing information about senior officials who have left the service and a list of conflicts of interest on an annual basis; requests that all Union institutions and agencies assess the compatibility of post-EU employment or the situation whereby civil servants and former Members of the European Parliament move from the public to the private sector (the 'revolving door' issue) and the possibility of a conflict of interest, and define clear cooling-off periods, which should cover at least the period for which transitional allowances are granted;
Parlamentet konstaterar att de transaktioner som ligger till grund för årsredovisningarna för det budgetår som slutade den 31 december 2014 i alla väsentliga avseenden var lagliga och korrekta för samtliga decentraliserade byråer.
Underlines the need to enhance integrity and improve the ethical framework through better implementation of codes of conduct and ethical principles, so as to reinforce a common and effective culture of integrity for all Union institutions and agencies;
Europaparlamentet är oroat över att vissa byråer delvis finansieras av avgifter från näringslivet, eftersom dessa ekonomiska band kan påverka deras oberoende.
Calls on those Union institutions and agencies which have introduced codes of conduct, including Parliament, to step up their implementation measures, such as checks on declarations of financial interests;
Alla byråer uppmanas att vidta åtgärder för att skydda sin interna och externa verksamhets oberoende.
Calls upon all agencies to use the framework to be created by the new Inter Institutional Agreement on a Mandatory Transparency Register and use it to guide their interaction with organisations and self-employed individuals engaged in Union policy-making and policy implementation in order to create more transparency around lobbying activities;
Samarbete mellan byråer och med andra institutioner - gemensamma tjänster och synergieffekter
Performance
Europaparlamentet konstaterar enligt uppgifter från nätverket att 93 % av byråerna angav att de delar tjänster med andra byråer och institutioner.
Notes that the principle of ‘value for money’ and ‘EU added value’ also holds for agencies, which should ensure that citizens are well informed of the results of the agencies’ activities; notes that achieving results is important; emphasises that many agencies do not explicitly include in their annual reports information on the effectiveness and efficiency of their activities in an accountable manner; reiterates that it is important for the Network to become a member of the new Inter-institutional Working Group on Performance in order to reach a common understanding of performance-based and results-oriented budgeting principles, as well as to identify possible improvements to the performance models currently applied in the agencies; requests that the Court of Auditors provide an evaluation of the agencies' performance and results in time for the review of the 2016 Multiannual Financial Framework;
Parlamentet noterar att 75 % av byråerna har samarbetsavtal och samförståndsavtal för samarbete med andra byråer, institutioner och medlemsstater.
Communication and visibility
Parlamentet noterar även att allmänna avtal tillämpas på årsbasis och med tydligare enskilda åtgärder inom administration och särskilda operativa tjänster.
Takes note from the Network that nearly all agencies have included on their websites the statement that they are agencies of the Union, with the exception of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, which states that it is an independent advisory body to the Parliament, the Council and the Commission; notes furthermore that 50 % of the agencies have published information on their website in all the Union languages, four agencies have offered information in 23 languages of the Union, 22 % offer information in at least two languages and 9 % of the agencies have websites available only in English, with some having plans to expand the availability to German; acknowledges furthermore that a full multilingual approach for all agencies is not currently feasible due to the need for additional resources; invites the agencies to consider using social media tools, surveys and focus groups to measure public awareness and assess ways to improve their communications strategy in future;
Parlamentet uppmuntrar byråerna att fortsätta med gemensamma tjänster där detta innebär minskade kostnader och ökad effektivitet.
Acknowledges the Network's statement that the agencies are strongly committed to increasing their presence on social media; takes note that only a few agencies are not yet present on social media but that they are committed to engaging in such communication in the near future; observes that promotional activities through social media include reports, events, job opportunities and procurements; notes, moreover, that social media activities are integrated with other communication tools of the agencies;
Där tjänsterna är gemensamma ska kostnaderna delas rättvist mellan de involverade byråerna eller institutionerna för att undvika att en enda part får stå för hela kostnaden för tjänsten.
Calls on the agencies to further strengthen their efforts and to improve their communication policies, to expand their visibility through different social media tools, in order to raise awareness of their activities and achievements and to ensure that citizens are well informed about their work;
Europaparlamentet föreslår att parlamentet, rådet och kommissionen överväger att placera eventuella nya byråer som kan bli nödvändiga i framtiden i närheten av andra byråer, så att de enklare kan dela tjänster.
Other comments
Europaparlamentet noterar nätverkets yttrande över sammanslagningen av byråer.
Notes that on the basis of the agencies’ contributions, the Commission has elaborated guidelines with standard provisions for headquarter agreements between decentralised agencies and host Member States; notes that as of January 2016, four agencies are still in the negotiation process with their host Member State, compared with 10 agencies in the previous year; reiterates the importance of these agreements for agency operations and security; urges agencies and Member States which have not entered into a headquarters agreement to do so without further delay;
Parlamentet påminner om att det ingår i uppdraget för den interinstitutionella arbetsgruppen för decentraliserade byråer att överväga effektiviseringar i detta sammanhang.
Draws attention to the importance of the social aspects of the agencies' headquarter agreement with their hosting country, such as the predictability of staff's social and living conditions (schooling fees, status questions, etc.);
Kommissionen uppmuntras att inleda en analys av de långsiktiga konsekvenserna av att slå samman decentraliserade byråer som verkar inom samma politikområde eller som har likartade uppgifter.
Notes with concern that some agencies have dual seats, and regards it as essential that all dual seats which do not offer any operational added value should be done away with at the earliest opportunity;
Europaparlamentet välkomnar riktlinjerna för upphandlingsförfaranden för flera byråer och för byråernas deltagande i kommissionsledda upphandlingsförfaranden.
Asks the Union institutions and bodies to apply strictly the measures pertaining to discretion and exclusion in public procurement, with proper background checks being carried out in every instance, and to apply the exclusion criteria so as to debar companies in the event of any conflict of interest, this being essential to protect the financial interests of the Union;
Att skapa synergieffekter och slå samman upphandlingsförfaranden inom ramen för den gemensamma ansatsen är till fördel inte endast för byråerna utan också för kommissionen.
Reminds the Court of Auditors that the Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed in paragraph 54 of the Common Approach that all aspects of outsourced external audits ‘remain under the full responsibility of the [Court], which manages all administrative and procurement procedures required’; asks the Commission to confirm urgently that the Common Approach still applies; deeply regrets that the new audit approach involving private sector auditors resulted in an 85 % increase in administrative burden on the agencies, equating to more than 13000 additional hours or an average of 3,5 full time equivalents (FTEs) compared with the previous audit managed by the Court of Auditors; regrets that the time spent on the procurement and administration of audit contracts created more than 1400 man hours of additional work for the decentralised agencies, and that the total additional expenditure on external private sector audits in 2014 amounted to EUR 550000; calls on the Court of Auditors to provide better guidance to private auditors so as significantly to reduce the augmented administrative burden;
Det är i detta sammanhang beklagligt att kommissionen har planerat att börja ta ut administrativa avgifter av byråerna för sina tjänster.
Calls on all the Union institutions and agencies to enhance their procedures and practices aimed at safeguarding the financial interests of the Union and to actively contribute to a results-oriented discharge process;
Kommissionen påminns om att byråerna betalas från samma unionsbudget och att avgifter kan leda till lägre deltagande i gemensamma upphandlingsförfaranden.
Suggests that Parliament, the Council and the Commission consider merging smaller agencies which perform similar or interlinked tasks; argues that this would provide efficiency savings in the long term;
Kommissionen uppmanas att på nytt pröva frågan om avgifter för byråerna för att delta i upphandlingsförfaranden som leds av kommissionen.
States that the annual reports of the Union institutions and agencies could play an important role in compliance regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; calls on the Union institutions and agencies to include a standard chapter on these components in their annual reports;
Personaladministration
Notes the simultaneous publication of the roadmaps initiating the revision of the regulations establishing the three tripartite agencies of the Union, CEDEFOP, EU-OSHA and Eurofound; emphasises that the revisions should preserve the key roles of these highly reputable agencies and their tripartite nature, ensuring active participation of national authorities, trade unions and employer representatives in their governance and functioning;
Europaparlamentet påminner om punkt 27 i det interinstitutionella avtalet av den 2 december 2013 [5] mellan Europaparlamentet, rådet och kommissionen om budgetdisciplin, samarbete i budgetfrågor och sund ekonomisk förvaltning som uppmanar till en minskning av personalen med 5 % på samtliga institutioner, organ och byråer som ska genomföras mellan 2013 och 2017.
Reaffirms that the discussion of the draft annual work programmes and the multiannual strategies of the agencies in Parliament's competent committees helps to ensure that the programmes and strategies reflect actual political priorities but stresses the need to align the Union’s budgetary cycle with the EU 2020 Strategy so as to be able to monitor fully and comprehensively report on the performance of each of the agencies in the context of their contribution to achieving EU 2020 objectives;
Parlamentet noterar det faktum att de flesta byråer redan uppfyller minskningen på 5 % eller mer baserat på sina tjänsteförteckningar för 2012.
Acknowledges the good practice of collaboration among the agencies in the areas of living and working conditions, vocational training and occupational safety and health, which maximise synergies and cooperation and enhance complementarity; also welcomes and encourages the continuation of the exchange of good practices between the Commission and the agencies;
Parlamentet påminner om att kommissionen införde minskningen med 5 % i sin tjänsteförteckning för 2013 mot bakgrund av antalet tjänster 2012.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the agencies subject to this discharge procedure, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Parlamentet konstaterar att kommissionen tillämpade en ytterligare minskning på 5 % av personalen på byråerna för att skapa en omfördelningspool från vilken man sedan fördelar tjänster till byråer med nya uppgifter eller byråer i en inledningsfas.
OJ C 409, 9.12.2015, p.
Kommissionen uppmanas att göra en SWOT-analys av byråernas mandat och årliga arbetsprogram, så att man kan fatta ett välinformerat beslut om vilka byråer som behöver mer personal och vilka som inte gör det.
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Europaparlamentet upprepar sin ståndpunkt i budgetförfarandet att personal vars löner finansieras med avgifter från näringslivet, och som därför inte finansieras med medel från unionsbudgeten, bör undantas från unionens årliga enprocentiga nedskärning.
OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p.
Parlamentet uppmanar kommissionen att se byråer som främst finansieras med medel från unionsbudgeten som ett separat fall och utarbeta en särskild ram för byråer som främst finansieras av näringslivet, vilken bör stå i proportion till de tjänster som den berörda byrån tillhandahåller.
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Europaparlamentet uppmuntrar alla byråer att främja en jämn könsfördelning när det gäller befattningar inom den högsta ledningen.
OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p.
Parlamentet noterar att siffrorna är särskilt otillfredsställande inom vissa byråer.
Resolution (EU) 2016/2153 of the European Parliament
Europaparlamentets resolution (EU) 2016/2153
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 2014, Section II — European Council and Council
med de iakttagelser som utgör en del av beslutet om ansvarsfrihet för genomförandet av Europeiska unionens allmänna budget för budgetåret 2014, avsnitt II – Europeiska rådet och rådet
having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section II — European Council and Council,
med beaktande av sitt beslut om ansvarsfrihet för genomförandet av Europeiska unionens allmänna budget för budgetåret 2014, avsnitt II – Europeiska rådet och rådet,
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;
A. Samtliga EU-institutioner bör vara transparenta och skyldiga att för unionens medborgare redovisa för de medel de anförtros i sin egenskap av EU-institutioner.
B. whereas the European Council and the Council, as Union institutions, should be democratically accountable towards the citizens of the Union as far as they are beneficiaries of the general budget of the European Union;
B. Europeiska rådet och rådet bör i egenskap av EU-institutioner vara demokratiskt ansvariga inför unionens medborgare eftersom de mottar medel från Europeiska unionens allmänna budget.
Recalls the Parliament's role specified in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and in Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (the ‘Financial Regulation’) in respect of the budget discharge;
Europaparlamentet påminner om parlamentets roll i enlighet med fördraget om Europeiska unionens funktionssätt (EUF-fördraget) och i förordning (EU, Euratom) nr 966/2012 (budgetförordningen) avseende ansvarsfrihet för budgeten.
Points out that under Article 335 TFEU, ‘[…] the Union shall be represented by each of the institutions, by virtue of their administrative autonomy, in matters relating to their respective operation’, and that accordingly, taking into account Article 55 of the Financial Regulation, the institutions are individually responsible for the implementation of their budgets;
Europaparlamentet påpekar att i enlighet med artikel 335 i EUF-fördraget ska unionen ”i frågor som rör en viss institutions funktion företrädas av den institutionen i enlighet med dess administrativa självständighet”.
Stresses the role of Parliament and of other institutions within the discharge procedure, as governed by the provisions of the Financial Regulation, in particular Articles 164 to 166 thereof;
Detta innebär – med beaktande av artikel 55 i budgetförordningen – att institutionerna har ett individuellt ansvar för genomförandet av sina budgetar.
Notes that under Rule 94 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure, ‘the provisions governing the procedure for granting discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget shall likewise apply to the procedure for granting discharge to […] the persons responsible for the implementation of the budgets of other institutions and bodies of the European Union such as the Council (as regards its activity as executive) […]’;
Europaparlamentet betonar den roll som parlamentet och andra institutioner spelar i förbindelse med förfarandet för att bevilja ansvarsfrihet, som regleras av bestämmelserna i budgetförordningen, särskilt artiklarna 164–166.
Regrets that the Council continues to be silent in relation to the remarks made by Parliament in its discharge resolution of 28 April 2016 [1] on the trend from previous years of increasing underspending and carryovers of commitments;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att enligt artikel 94 i sin arbetsordning ska ”bestämmelserna angående förfarandet för beviljande av ansvarsfrihet för kommissionen vad gäller genomförandet av budgeten […] på motsvarande sätt gälla för förfarandet för beviljande av ansvarsfrihet för följande: […] De personer som är ansvariga för genomförandet av budgetarna för Europeiska unionens övriga institutioner och organ, exempelvis rådet (i fråga om rådets verkställande verksamhet) […]”.
Pending issues
Europaparlamentet beklagar att rådet fortsätter att tiga i samband med parlamentets kommentarer i resolutionen om ansvarsfrihet av den 28 april 2016 [1] avseende trenden från tidigare år med ökade underutnyttjade medel och överföringar av åtaganden.
Regrets that the European Council and the Council do not provide Parliament with their annual activity report; regards this as inadmissible and detrimental to the reputation of the institutions;
Olösta frågor
Regrets that the budget of the European Council and the Council have not yet been separated, as recommended by Parliament in recent discharge resolutions;
Europaparlamentet beklagar att Europeiska rådet och rådet inte tillhandahåller parlamentet sina årliga verksamhetsrapporter.
Notes the information on the building policy provided in the Council's website; also notes that there is no information about the costs incurred in relation to those buildings; calls for detailed information to be given to Parliament in the next annual financial report;
Parlamentet anser att detta är oacceptabelt och skadar institutionernas rykte.
Reiterates its call for progress reports on building projects and a detailed breakdown of the costs incurred to date; calls for information on the costs related to the delayed completion of the Europa building;
Europaparlamentet beklagar att Europeiska rådets och rådets budgetar ännu inte har skilts åt, enligt parlamentets rekommendationer i de senaste ansvarsfrihetsresolutionerna.
Reiterates its call on the Council to provide information on its process of administrative modernisation, in particular on the anticipated impact on the Council's budget;
Europaparlamentet noterar informationen om fastighetspolitik på rådets webbplats.
Calls on the Council to adopt a code of conduct as soon as possible in order to ensure the integrity of the institution; reiterates its call on the Council to implement whistleblowing rules without further delay;
Parlamentet noterar även att det inte finns någon information om kostnaderna för dessa fastigheter.
Calls on the Council to join the Union transparency register to ensure transparency and accountability of the institution;
Parlamentet kräver att få detaljerad information i nästa årliga finansiella rapport.
Reiterates its call on the Council to develop detailed anti-corruption guidelines and independent policies within its structures, as well as its call with regard to systematic increase of transparency of the legislative procedures and negotiations;
Europaparlamentet upprepar sin begäran om framstegsrapporter för fastighetsprojekt och en detaljerad fördelning av kostnaderna hittills.