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Points out that, according to the audit report by the Court of Auditors, payments made in 2012 relating to certificates of acceptance of costs issued by the Member States’ NFAs amounted to EUR 7,3 million, which represents 43 % of total operational payments; is concerned that, according to that Court of Auditors’ report, the Joint Undertaking received audit reports from the NFAs covering approximately 45 % of the costs relating to completed projects, that the Joint Undertaking did not assess the quality of those audits, that, by the end of April 2013, the Joint Undertaking had not received information on the audit strategies of all NFAs, and that the Joint Undertaking was therefore not in a position to assess whether ex post audits provide sufficient assurance as to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions;
EGT L 39, 13.2.1975, s.
Calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit a report to Parliament on the negative aspects recorded by the Court of Auditors; calls for that report to be submitted to Parliament together with an assessment by the Court of Auditors;
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Reiterates that the Joint Undertaking should reinforce without delay the quality of its ex ante and ex post controls; requests that the discharge authority is informed of the results of the following ex post audit processes; notes, moreover, that the Joint Undertaking is engaged in an ongoing process to address these issues together with the Court of Auditors, and anticipates a positive outcome in future years;
med de iakttagelser som utgör en del av beslutet om ansvarsfrihet för genomförandet av budgeten för Europeiska polisakademin för budgetåret 2012
Notes that the Joint Undertaking’s initial budget included operational commitment appropriations amounting to EUR 55,1 million and that at the end of the year, the Governing Board decided to reduce the operational appropriations budget to EUR 39,5 million; regrets the fact, nevertheless, that the utilisation rate for operational payment appropriations only reached the level of 62 %; notes that this is at odds with the budgetary principle of equilibrium; reminds the Joint Undertaking of the need to implement concrete measures to attain budget equilibrium, consistent with the relevant operational procedures of the participating Member States;
med beaktande av den slutliga årsredovisningen för Europeiska polisakademin för budgetåret 2012,
Is concerned about the low implementation rate of the budget and, moreover, about the underlying activities of the Joint Undertaking; emphasises that the deposits in bank accounts at the end of 2012 totalled EUR 17230100, representing 57 % of the authorised payment appropriations (EUR 30132752);
med beaktande av revisionsrättens rapport om den slutliga årsredovisningen för Europeiska polisakademin för budgetåret 2012, samt akademins svar [1],med beaktande av rådets rekommendation av den 18 februari 2014 (05849/2014 – C7-0054/2014),
Ascertains from the Court of Auditors’ report that although the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking envisaged a maximum total budget of EUR 410 million to cover operational expenditure, the actual implementation rate and the anticipated value of calls for proposals together represent EUR 206 million, or only 50,2 % of the total budget; notes that this indicates a low budget implementation rate, mainly due to a complex financial process for the closure of the projects; takes note that the budget implementation rate is linked in full complementary to the national commitments of Member States;
med beaktande av Europeiska polisakademins rapport av den 12 juli 2010 om ersättningen för privata utgifter (10/0257/KA),
Internal control systems
med beaktande av den externa revision som beställts av Europeiska polisakademin (kontrakt nr CEPOL/2010/001) om ersättning för privata utgifter,
Takes note that the Court of Auditors considers that the Joint Undertaking intensified its efforts to establish and implement effective financial, accounting and management control procedures in 2012; points out that further work is needed, in particular regarding financial verification of cost claims and the internal control standards;
med beaktande av slutrapporten över den femåriga externa utvärderingen av Europeiska polisakademin (kontrakt nr CEPOL/CT/2010/002),
Takes due note that the Executive Director’s 2012 declaration of assurance expresses a reservation concerning the ex post audit strategy but the information included in the reservation is not sufficient as regards its implementation; calls on the Joint Undertaking to obtain the assurance needed provided by the national authorities’ certificates and the ex post audit strategy;
med beaktande av den årliga verksamhetsrapporten för 2009 från generaldirektoratet för rättvisa, frihet och säkerhet,
Regrets that the CVs of the members of the Management Board and the Executive Director are not publicly available; calls on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation as a matter of urgency; urges the Joint Undertaking, in the framework of the future ECSEL Joint Undertaking, to develop and adopt a comprehensive policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests;
med beaktande av Europeiska polisakademins fjärde lägesrapport om genomförandet av dess fleråriga handlingsplan (MAP) för 2010–2014,
Believes that a high level of transparency is a key element in order to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests; calls, therefore, on the Joint Undertaking to make its policy and/or arrangements on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and its implementing rules, as well as the list of the members of the management boards and CVs available on its website;
med beaktande av revisionsrättens rapport om genomförandet av Europeiska polisakademins fleråriga handlingsplan (MAP) för 2010–2014,
Invites the Court of Auditors to monitor the Joint Undertaking’s policies as regards the management and prevention of conflicts of interests by drafting a Special Report on the matter by the next discharge procedure;
med beaktande av internrevisionstjänstens meddelande av den 4 juli 2011 (Ref.
Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL) Joint Undertaking
Ares(2011)722479) om den tredje lägesrapporten om genomförandet av Europeiska polisakademins fleråriga handlingsplan (MAP) för 2010–2014,
Recalls that the Artemis and ENIAC Joint Undertakings were set up in December 2007, under the Seventh Framework Programme for a period of 10 years for the development of key competences for nanoelectronics and for the development of key technologies for embedded computing systems, respectively; notes that Artemis started to work autonomously in October 2009 and ENIAC was granted its financial autonomy in July 2010;
med beaktande av Europeiska polisakademins rapport och dithörande bilagor om genomförandet av Europaparlamentets resolution om ansvarsfrihet för Europeiska polisakademin för budgetåret 2009,
Recalls the continued worries of the discharge authority concerning the low implementation rates of their budget and, moreover, the underlying activities of the Joint Undertakings associated with high cash balances; recalls that they sought to increase and leverage private and public investments in research and innovation in two complementary domains of high importance for the industrial fabric in Europe;
med beaktande av Europeiska polisakademins rapport och dithörande bilagor om tillämpningen av dess upphandlingsmanual under perioden 1 juli 2010–1 juli 2011,
Notes that the Commission made a proposal (COM(2013) 501), in the context of the implementation of Horizon 2020, to combine Embedded computing systems (Artemis) and Nanoelectronics (ENIAC) into a single initiative and therefore, winding-up Artemis and ENIAC Joint Undertakings before their normal end of life up to 31 December 2017; notes that the new Joint Undertaking in the field of electronic components and systems called ECSEL (‘Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership’) will take the form of a tripartite institutional Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with a dedicated legal entity involving the private sector, national authorities and European authorities;
med beaktande av betänkandet från budgetkontrollutskottet och yttrandet från utskottet för medborgerliga fri- och rättigheter samt rättsliga och inrikes frågor (A7-0240/2014).
Notes that this new legal entity under Article 187 TFEU will follow the model financial regulation for PPP bodies referred to in Article 209 of the Financial Regulation, charged with indirect management and it would take over all rights and obligations of the current Artemis and ENIAC Joint Undertakings; expects that complete and appropriate financial assessments of rights and obligations of each entity will be executed by the Court of Auditors; recalls, in this context, the joint statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the separate discharge for Joint Undertakings under Article 209 of the Financial Regulation;
A. Enligt redovisningen för Europeiska polisakademin (nedan kallad akademin) för budgetåret 2012 uppgick den slutliga budgeten till 8450640 euro, vilket utgör en ökning med 1,31 % jämfört med 2011.
Is surprised that in such a reduced time frame and without a final conclusive assessment of those Joint Undertakings’ achievements, the Commission has decided to substantially adapt the Union’s implementing strategy for the development of key competences for nanoelectronics and for the development of key technologies for embedded computing systems; recalls Parliament’s request for a cost-benefit analysis of a merger that highlights its possible advantages and disadvantages;
Akademins budget kommer helt och hållet från unionens budget.
Notes that the interim evaluations recommended the implementation of the future JTI on a legal basis that is better attuned to the specificities of Public-Private Partnerships with a lighter administrative overhead and greater flexibility with the administrative burden reduced in order to attract the participation from high-level industry representatives;
B. Revisionsrätten har förklarat att man har uppnått en rimlig säkerhet om att akademins räkenskaper för budgetåret 2012 är tillförlitliga och att de underliggande transaktionerna är lagliga och korrekta.
Notes, furthermore, that in order to achieve its objectives, the ECSEL Joint Undertaking should provide financial support mainly in the form of grants to participants following open and competitive calls for proposals targeted at proven market failures;
Europaparlamentet noterar i revisionsrättens rapport att tre av fyra korrigerande åtgärder har genomförts som svar på föregående års kommenterar, vilket är mycket berömvärt, medan en korrigerande åtgärd pågår.
Regrets that the Commission proposal excludes the examination of the accounts and the revenue and expenditure of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking by the Court of Auditors and indicates that the accounts of that Joint Undertaking will be examined annually by an independent audit body; invites the Commission to clarify what is the added value of such a proposal; stresses that the Court of Auditors has been the exclusive auditor for Joint Undertakings set up under Article 187 TFEU since 2002 and therefore building up extensive knowledge over those bodies that should not be wasted;
Europaparlamentet noterar att akademin har meddelat följande:
European Research Joint Undertakings horizontal aspects
Den stora andelen överföringar till efterföljande budgetår berodde till största delen på det faktum att ersättning för kostnader för kurser som organiserades under de sista månaderna av 2011 inom ramen för bidragsöverenskommelserna inte skulle betalas förrän i början av 2012.
Takes note that the audit approach taken by the Court of Auditors comprises analytical audit procedures, the assessment of key controls of the supervisory and control systems and the testing of transactions at the level of the Joint Undertaking but not at the level of the members or final beneficiaries of the Joint Undertaking;
De förfallna anslagen förklaras i stor utsträckning av att stödmottagare i medlemsstaterna betalat mindre för anordnandet av kurserna än vad man ursprungligen hade budgeterat för.
Notes that audit testing at the level of the members or final beneficiaries is carried out either by the Joint Undertaking or by external audit firms contracted and monitored by the Joint Undertaking;
Övervakningen av budgetgenomförandet och av användningen av de enskilda åtagandena har förbättrats, och särskild uppmärksamhet har ägnas åtaganden som förts över till nästkommande budgetår.
Welcomes the Court of Auditors’ Special Report 2/2013: ‘Has the Commission ensured efficient implementation of the Seventh Framework Programme for Research?’ where the Court examined whether the Commission has ensured efficient implementation of the Seventh framework programme for research and technological development (FP7);
För att förbättra den ekonomiska förvaltningen och för att förhindra situationer som att betalningar görs från inkorrekta budgetposter för kurser och seminarier, rationaliserade akademin sin budgetstruktur och minskade antalet budgetposter som måste utnyttjas för att göra ett åtagandebemyndigande för kurser.
Takes note that the audit also covered the setting-up of the Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs);
Ett nytt förfarande för budgetöverföringar har tagits fram och förväntas godkännas.
Agrees with the Court of Auditors’ conclusion that the JTIs have been set up to support long-term industrial investment in particular research areas; notes, however, that it has taken on average two years to grant financial autonomy to a JTI with the Commission usually remaining responsible for one third of the expected operational lifetime of the JTIs;
En förbättrad budgetstruktur tillsammans med en ökad övervakning av budgetgenomförandet och ytterligare förbättringar av budgetförfarandena förväntas minska budgetöverföringarna till efterföljande år.
Notes, moreover, that according to the Court of Auditors some JTIs have been particularly successful in getting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) involved in their projects and nearly 21 % of funding provided by the JTIs has gone to SMEs;
Europaparlamentet noterar att insatser för uppföljning av budgeten under budgetåret 2012 resulterade i ett genomförande av budgeten på 95,1 %, och att betalningsbemyndigandenas genomförandegrad var 76 %.
Draws attention to the fact that the total indicative resources deemed necessary for the seven European Research Joint Undertakings that have so far been established by the Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — with the notable exception of the Galileo Joint Undertaking — for their period of existence amounts to EUR 21793000000;
Europaparlamentet konstaterar med oro att av de 1700000 euro i gjorda åtaganden som fördes över från 2011 förföll 700000 euro (41,2 %) 2012.
Notes that the Joint Undertakings’ total 2012 forecasted budgeted income amounted to some EUR 2,5 billion or about 1,8 % of the 2012 Union general budget, while approximately EUR 618 million came from the general budget (cash contribution from the Commission) and approximately EUR 134 million came from the industrial partners and members of the Joint Undertakings;
Parlamentet är medvetet om att detta främst berodde på att de kostnader som skulle ersättas i enlighet med bidragsöverenskommelser 2011 blev lägre än beräknat (440000 euro av de förfallna överföringarna).
Notes that the Joint Undertakings employ 409 permanent and temporary staff or less than 1 % of total Union officials authorised under the Union general budget (staff establishment plan);
Europaparlamentet noterar att andelen gjorda åtaganden 2012 under de olika avdelningarna varierade mellan 90 och 99 % av de totala anslagen, vilket visar att de rättsliga åtagandena gjordes i tid.
Recalls that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11489000000;
Parlamentet noterar att andelen gjorda åtaganden som fördes över till 2013 var hög i avdelning III (driftsutgifter) och uppgick till 1500000 euro (36 %).
Invites the Court of Auditors to comprehensively analyse the JTIs and the other joint undertakings in a separate report in light of the substantial amounts involved and the risks- notably reputational — presented; recalls that the Parliament has previously requested that the Court of Auditors 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; claims that such assessment has an urgent character in what considers ENIAC and Artemis Joint Undertakings.
Parlamentet konstaterar att detta inte berodde på att genomförandet av akademins årliga arbetsprogram för 2012 var försenat utan till största delen berodde på den överföring som nämns i punkt 6 och på det faktum att ersättning för kostnader för kurser som organiserades under de sista månaderna av 2012 inom ramen för 2012 års bidragsöverenskommelser inte skulle betalas förrän i början av 2013.
OJ C 369, 17.12.2013, p.
Europaparlamentet beklagar att akademin förde över 355500 euro i gjorda åtaganden till 2013 för att användas till 2013 års utbytesprogram som planerades äga rum mellan mars och november 2013, eftersom 2013 års utbytesprogram inte nämns i akademins arbetsprogram för 2012.
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Parlamentet konstaterar att överföringen är oriktig eftersom inget finansieringsbeslut hade fattats om detta under 2012.
OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p.
Europaparlamentet noterar att akademin gjorde 37 budgetöverföringar på 1000000 euro under 2012, varav 36 var inom respektive avdelning.
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Europaparlamentet påminner om att akademin måste se till att i alla delar följa sin rekryteringsguide och att ytterligare förbättra transparensen i rekryteringsförfarandena.
with observations forming an integral part of the Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012
Parlamentet konstaterar med oro att meddelandena om ledig tjänst inte alltid offentliggjordes minst sex veckor före ansökningstidens slut och att det inte fanns några uppgifter om att bedömare kontrollerade att reglerna för inlämnande av ansökningar hade följts.
having regard to the final annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012,
Europaparlamentet konstaterar att akademin kommer att se över sina nuvarande bestämmelser om intressekonflikter i syfte att utveckla en särskild policy för intressekonflikter under 2014 med utgångspunkt i kommissionens riktlinjer om förebyggande och hantering av intressekonflikter i EU:s decentraliserade byråer.
having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2012, together with the Joint Undertaking’s replies [1],having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 18 February 2014 (05851/2014 – C7-0053/2014),
Parlamentet noterar att styrelseledamöterna och medlemmar i arbetsgrupper eller andra kategorier av intressenter som samarbetar direkt med akademin, men som inte är anställda av akademin, kommer att anses vara omfattade av denna strategi.
having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [2], and in particular Article 185 thereof,having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 [3], and in particular Article 208 thereof,having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking [4], and in particular Article 11(4) thereof,having regard to the Financial Rules of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking adopted by Decision of its Governing Board on 7 November 2008,
Parlamentet uppmanar akademin att informera den ansvarsfrihetsbeviljande myndigheten om resultatet av översynen så snart det är tillgängligt.
having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [5],having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council [6], and in particular Article 108 thereof,having regard to its previous discharge decisions and resolutions,
Europaparlamentet noterar att styrelseledamöternas, verkställande direktörens och högsta ledningens meritförteckningar och intresseförklaringar inte har offentliggjorts.
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0210/2014),
Akademin uppmanas att omedelbart åtgärda detta.
A. whereas the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (‘the Joint Undertaking’) was set up in 2007 for a period of 10 years to accelerate the development, validation and demonstration of clean air transport technologies in the Union for earliest possible deployment,
Europaparlamentet erfar från akademin att kommissionens internrevisionstjänst (IAS) granskade upphandlingen och uppföljningen av tidigare rekommendationer 2012.
B. whereas the Joint Undertaking started to work autonomously in 2009,
Parlamentet konstaterar att akademins internkontrollfunktion gjort en efterhandskontroll av förvaltnings- och kontrollsystemen på två områden.
C. whereas the founding members of the Joint Undertaking are the European Union, represented by the Commission, and industrial partners as the leaders of the ‘Integrated Technology Demonstrators’ (ITDs) together with the associate members of the ITDs,
Parlamentet noterar att IAS granskning utmynnade i två mycket viktiga och fem viktiga rekommendationer.
D. whereas the maximum contribution for the period of 10 years from the Union to the Joint Undertaking is EUR 800000000 to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme,
Övriga kommentarer
Welcomes that the Joint Undertaking’s annual accounts received a clean opinion from the Court of Auditors on the legality and the regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts after having received qualified opinion in 2011, calls on the Joint Undertaking to continue its efforts to ensure sound financial management;
Europaparlamentet noterar med oro att diskussionerna om akademins framtid som pågår sedan flera år har lett till att planeringen och genomförandet av arbetet präglas av osäkerhet.
Notes that the Joint Undertaking’s final amended budget for the financial year 2012 included commitment appropriations of EUR 205,4 million and payment appropriations of EUR 167,9 million;
Europaparlamentet betonar att frågan om akademins framtida säte, med hänsyn till personal- och budgetplaneringen måste redas ut så snart som möjligt före slutet av 2004, vilket revisionsrätten har understrukit.
Observes from the Joint Undertaking’s final annual accounts that while the utilisation rate for commitment appropriations was 84 % overall, the rate for payment appropriations was 75 %; notes, moreover, that within this, the operational implementation rate was 97 % for commitment appropriations and 84 % for payment appropriations; remains concerned, despite improvements over 2011, that these rates reflect the significant delays in the implementation of the activities as compared with the initial plan; requests that the Joint Undertaking continue to improve its workflows and processes to shorten the period between the publication of calls for proposals and the signing of grant agreements;
Europaparlamentet betonar att ekonomiska faktorer måste tas med i beräkningen vid valet av nytt säte för akademin.