Evropský parlament 2014-2019 Výbor pro rozpočtovou kontrolu CONT_PV(2019)0121_1 ZÁPIS ze schůze konané ve dnech 21. ledna 2019 od 15:00 do 18:30 a 22. ledna 2019 od 9:00 do 12:30 a od 15:00 do 18:30 BRUSEL Schůze byla zahájena v pondělí 21. ledna 2019 v 15:07 a předsedala jí Ingeborg Gräßleová (předsedkyně). 1. Přijetí pořadu jednání Návrh pořadu jednání byl přijat ve znění uvedeném v tomto zápisu. 2. Sdělení předsedkyně Předsedkyně upozornila poslance na informace obsažené ve zprávách CONT. 3. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: souhrnný rozpočet EU – Evropský parlament CONT/8/14103 2018/2167(DEC) COM(2018)0521[02] – C8-0319/2018 Zpravodajka: Claudia Schmidt (PPE) PR – PE626.836v01-00 Příslušný výbor: CONT Stanoviska: PV\1174839CS.docx PE634.487v01-00 CS Jednotná v rozmanitosti CS
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Evropský parlament2014-2019
Výbor pro rozpočtovou kontrolu
CONT_PV(2019)0121_1
ZÁPISze schůze konané ve dnech 21. ledna 2019 od 15:00 do 18:30
a 22. ledna 2019 od 9:00 do 12:30 a od 15:00 do 18:30BRUSEL
Schůze byla zahájena v pondělí 21. ledna 2019 v 15:07 a předsedala jí Ingeborg Gräßleová (předsedkyně).
1. Přijetí pořadu jednání
Návrh pořadu jednání byl přijat ve znění uvedeném v tomto zápisu.
2. Sdělení předsedkyně
Předsedkyně upozornila poslance na informace obsažené ve zprávách CONT.
3. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: souhrnný rozpočet EU – Evropský parlamentCONT/8/14103
projednání návrhu zprávy lhůta pro předložení pozměňovacích návrhů: 30. ledna 2019, 14:00
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Andrey Novakov (jménem Claudie Schmidtové), Inés Ayala Sender, Gilles Pargneaux, Benedek Jávor, Dennis de Jong, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra
4. Zvláštní zpráva Evropského účetního dvora č. 28/2018 (udělení absolutoria za rok 2018): většina zjednodušujících opatření přijatých do programu Horizont 2020 usnadnila příjemcům život, ale stále existují příležitosti ke zlepšení.
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CONT/8/15360Zpravodajka:
Martina Dlabajová (ALDE) představení zvláštní zprávy odpovědným členem Účetního dvora Alexem
Brenninkmeijerem
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Alex Brenninkmeijer (člen EÚD), Martina Dlabajová, Inés Ayala Sender, Anna Panagopoulou (GŘ RTD)
21. ledna 2019, 16:30–18:30
5. Veřejné slyšení o evropské přidané hodnotě:CONT/8/15297
Zpravodajka:Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)
viz samostatný návrh pořadu jednání
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Martina Dlabajová, Johannes Schwemmer (F4E), Massimo Garribba (GŘ ENER), Cock Heemskerk (Inholland University of Applied Science business), Giovanni Grasso (ASG), Mihails Kozlovs (člen EÚD), Flavio Zanonato, Petr Osvald (primátor Plzně), Loris Di Pietrantonio (GŘ EMPL), Normund Popens (GŘ REGIO), Iliana Ivanova (členka EÚD), Inés Ayala Sender, Paulo Gouveia (Copa-Cogeca), Rudolf Moegele (GŘ AGRI), Nikolaos Milionis (člen EÚD), Luke Ming Flanagan
Předsedkyně schůzi ukončila v 18:58.
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Schůze byla zahájena v úterý 22. ledna 2019 v 9:09 a předsedala jí Ingeborg Gräßleová (předsedkyně).
22. ledna 2019, 9:00–12:30
Body 6 a 7 byly projednány společně.
6. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: souhrnný rozpočet EU – Evropská komiseCONT/8/14083
projednání návrhu zprávy lhůta pro předložení pozměňovacích návrhů: 30. ledna 2019, 14:00
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Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Inés Ayala Sender, Martina Dlabajová, Bart Staes, Luke Ming Flanagan, Georgi Pirinski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Günther Oettinger (komisař GŘ BUDG)
7. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: zvláštní zprávy Účetního dvoraCONT/8/14385
lhůta pro předložení pozměňovacích návrhů: 30. ledna 2019, 14:00
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Arndt Kohn, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Wolf Klinz, Dennis de Jong
Schůze byla přerušena v 11:15.
Neveřejná schůze
17. Schůze koordinátorů
Shrnutí doporučení koordinátorů je v příloze tohoto zápisu.
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22. ledna 2019, 15:00–18:30
Schůze pokračovala v 15:09.
Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: agentury
Body 18-50 se projednávaly společně.
18. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: Zpráva o udělení absolutoria za plnění rozpočtu agenturám Evropské unie za rozpočtový rok 2017: výkonnost, finanční řízení a kontrolaCONT/8/14341
EMPL projednání návrhu zprávy lhůta pro předložení pozměňovacích návrhů: 30. ledna 2019, 14:00
42. Udělení absolutoria za rok 2017: Evropská agentura pro provozní řízení rozsáhlých informačních systémů v prostoru svobody, bezpečnosti a práva (eu-LISA)CONT/8/14339
projednání návrhu zprávy lhůta pro předložení pozměňovacích návrhů: 30. ledna 2019, 14:00
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Martina Dlabajová, Miroslav Poche, Francisco Ibañez Gallardo (GŘ CNECT), Jan Panek (GŘ ENER)
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59. Rychlý přezkum EÚD: „Proplácení DPH v oblasti „soudržnosti“ – neoptimální způsob využívání prostředků EU náchylný k chybám“CONT/8/15206
Zpravodajka:Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)
představení rychlého přezkumu odpovědným členem Účetního dvora Tonym Murphym
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Tony Murphy (člen EÚD), Martina Dlabajová, Moray Gilland (GŘ REGIO)
60. Zvláštní zpráva EÚD č. 2/2019 (udělení absolutoria za rok 2018): Politika EU v oblasti bezpečnosti potravin nás chrání, ale stojí před výzvamiCONT/8/15347
Zpravodaj:Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE)
představení zvláštní zprávy odpovědným členem Účetního dvora Januszem Wojciechowskim
Vystoupili: Ingeborg Gräßle, Janusz Wojciechowski (člen EÚD), Tomáš Zdechovský, Bart Staes, Gilles Pargneaux, Sabine Juelicher (GŘ SANTE)
61. Různé
Žádné.
62. Příští schůze 29. ledna 2019, 9:00–12:30 a 14:30–18:30 (Brusel) 20. února 2019, 9:00–12:30 a 14:30–18:30 (Brusel) 21. února 2019, 9:00–12:30 (Brusel)
Schůze skončila v 17:27.
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ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/
LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JELENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/
LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA
Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*)
Nedzhmi Ali (2), Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis (2), Ryszard Czarnecki (2), Luke Ming Flanagan, Wolf Klinz (2), Arndt Kohn (2), Bogusław Liberadzki (2), Gilles Pargneaux (1), Georgi Pirinski, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Petri Sarvamaa (2), Bart Staes (2), Indrek Tarand (2), Marco Valli (2), Tomáš Zdechovský (2), Dennis de Jong
Iris Hoffmann (2), Benedek Jávor (1), Andrey Novakov (1), Miroslav Poche (2)
200 (2)
206 (3)
Zbigniew Kuźmiuk (2), Flavio Zanonato (1)
53 (8) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/ Päevakorra punkt/Ημερήσια Διάταξη Σημείο/Agenda item/Point OJ/Točka dnevnog reda/Punto all'ordine del giorno/Darba kārtības punkts/Darbotvarkės punktas/Napirendi pont/Punt Aġenda/Agendapunt/Punkt porządku dziennego/Ponto OD/Punct de pe ordinea de zi/Bod programu schôdze/Točka UL/Esityslistan kohta/Föredragningslista punkt)
По покана на председателя/Por invitación del presidente/Na pozvání předsedy/Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung des Vorsitzenden/Esimehe kutsel/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chair(wo)man/Sur l’invitation du président/ Na poziv predsjednika/Su invito del presidente/Pēc priekšsēdētāja uzaicinājuma/Pirmininkui pakvietus/Az elnök meghívására/ Fuq stedina taċ-'Chairman'/Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/Na zaproszenie Przewodniczącego/A convite do Presidente/La invitaţia preşedintelui/Na pozvanie predsedu/Na povabilo predsednika/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/På ordförandens inbjudan
Johannes Schwemmer (Director - Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking), Cock Heemskerk (Professor Robotics - Inholland University of Applied Science business), Giovanni Grasso (ASG - Business Development Manager), Petr Osvald (Mayor of Pilsen’s (Czechia) Commissioner for EU Affairs, Chair of the Working Group for EU Structural Policy of the Czech Association of Towns and Communities), Paulo Gouveia (Chief Policy Advisor of Copa-Cogeca),
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Секретариат на политическите групи/Secretaría de los Grupos políticos/Sekretariát politických skupin/Gruppernes sekretariat/ Sekretariat der Fraktionen/Fraktsioonide sekretariaat/Γραμματεία των Πολιτικών Ομάδων/Secretariats of political groups/Secrétariat des groupes politiques/Tajništva klubova zastupnika/Segreteria gruppi politici/Politisko grupu sekretariāts/Frakcijų sekretoriai/ Képviselőcsoportok titkársága/Segretarjat gruppi politiċi/Fractiesecretariaten/Sekretariat Grup Politycznych/Secr. dos grupos políticos/Secretariate grupuri politice/Sekretariát politických skupín/Sekretariat političnih skupin/Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristöt/ Gruppernas sekretariat
PPE
S&D
ECR
ALDE
Verts/ALE
GUE/NGL
EFDD
ENF
NI
Balazs Szechy, Sabina Van der Lande, Nathalie Perez Campagne
Hélène Beaghe, Susanne Reither
Kamila Wrzesinska
Orsolya Balogh, Dominykas Mordas, Emilie Tafanel
Robert Godina
Elisa Reschini
Barbara Gatto
Кабинет на председателя/Gabinete del Presidente/Kancelář předsedy/Formandens Kabinet/Kabinett des Präsidenten/Presidendi kantselei/Γραφείο Προέδρου/President's Office/Cabinet du Président/Ured predsjednika/Gabinetto del Presidente/Priekšsēdētāja kabinets/Pirmininko kabinetas/Elnöki hivatal/Kabinett tal-President/Kabinet van de Voorzitter/Gabinet Przewodniczącego/Gabinete do Presidente/Cabinet Preşedinte/Kancelária predsedu/Urad predsednika/Puhemiehen kabinetti/Talmannens kansli
Кабинет на генералния секретар/Gabinete del Secretario General/Kancelář generálního tajemníka/Generalsekretærens Kabinet/ Kabinett des Generalsekretärs/Peasekretäri büroo/Γραφείο Γενικού Γραμματέα/Secretary-General's Office/Cabinet du Secrétaire général/Ured glavnog tajnika/Gabinetto del Segretario generale/Ģenerālsekretāra kabinets/Generalinio sekretoriaus kabinetas/ Főtitkári hivatal/Kabinett tas-Segretarju Ġenerali/Kabinet van de secretaris-generaal/Gabinet Sekretarza Generalnego/Gabinete do Secretário-Geral/Cabinet Secretar General/Kancelária generálneho tajomníka/Urad generalnega sekretarja/Pääsihteerin kabinetti/ Generalsekreterarens kansli
Секретариат на комисията/Secretaría de la comisión/Sekretariát výboru/Udvalgssekretariatet/Ausschusssekretariat/Komisjoni sekretariaat/Γραμματεία επιτροπής/Committee secretariat/Secrétariat de la commission/Tajništvo odbora/Segreteria della commissione/ Komitejas sekretariāts/Komiteto sekretoriatas/A bizottság titkársága/Segretarjat tal-kumitat/Commissiesecretariaat/Sekretariat komisji/ Secretariado da comissão/Secretariat comisie/Sekretariat odbora/Valiokunnan sihteeristö/Utskottssekretariatet
Evelyn Waldherr, Cécile Bourgault, Michal Czaplicki, Christian Ehlers, Philippe Godts, Tereza Pinto de Rezende, Olivier Sautière, Charlotte Kutzenberger
A. ECA special reports and other products - Selection of priorities for 1st quarter of 2019
Coordinators received prior to the meeting the list of the ECA special reports and other products that ECA scheduled to publish in the 1st quarter of 2019.
According to this schedule, only seven products will be published in due time in order to be presented in CONT until the end of the term.
Decision: The Chair announced that time permitting all special reports/products on the list of the indicative planning of ECA until March 2019 could be scheduled in CONT meetings for presentation before the end of the term. No objections were raised by the political groups. The Secretariat will schedule the presentations as and when they are published by ECA.
B. ECA Work Programme 2020 - CONT priorities
The CCC has asked to receive suggestions for the ECA’s annual work programme for 2020 by Thursday, 31th January 2019. During the coordinators' meeting of 20 November 2018 coordinators were invited to send their proposals to the secretariat regarding their respective groups’ priorities.
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Coordinators received the list of proposals made by the political groups.
Decision: Coordinators approved the list of CONT proposals for the ECA’s work programme 2020, which will be submitted to CCC. (Annex I)
C. Approval of CONT calendar of committee meetings July-December 2019
Coordinators received the draft calendar of July-December 2019 CONT meetings.
Decision: Coordinators approved the proposed draft calendar without any modifications. Annex II.
D. Implementation of the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making
Committees were requested to update their political assessment on the Inter-institutional agreement on Better Law Making (BLM). A first political assessment by the Parliament was provided in 2017 and on 30 May 2018 Parliament adopted a resolution on the interpretation and implementation of the BLM Agreement.
On a request by the CCC Chair, Ms. Wikstroem, the coordinators parliamentary committees were invited to identify, if appropriate, issues where the practice of the Institutions departs from what is foreseen in the BLM agreement and issues where progress is lacking or issues are blocked.
Decision: The Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making being only of very limited relevance for CONT, Coordinators did not wish to contribute to the scrutiny of its application.
Coordinators were informed that the below files were referred to CONT committee for opinion, however both lead committees - AGRI and REGI - decided to use the simplified procedure (RoP - Rule 50(1)) in view of the urgency of the proposal, which must be adopted before the Brexit date. Therefore, coordinators noted that CONT committee is not in a position to draft an opinion on these files.
Number Title Procedure Main cttee
Opinion
COM(2018)0817
C8-0506/2018
Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards certain rules on direct payments and support for rural development in respect of the years 2019 and 2020
2018/0414(COD) AGRI DEVE, BUDG, CONT, ENVI, REGI
COM(2018)0892 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to allow the continuation of the territorial cooperation programmes PEACE IV (Ireland-United Kingdom) and the United Kingdom-Ireland (Ireland-Northern Ireland-Scotland) in the context of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
2018/0432(COD) REGI BUDG, CONT
F. EPPO - Appointment of European Public Prosecutor - joint procedure with LIBE committee
Coordinators were informed that according to the EPPO Regulation, the European Parliament and the Council shall appoint by common accord the European Chief Prosecutor for a non-renewable term of 7 years (Article 14 of Regulation n° 2017/1939).
An open call for candidates has been published in the Official Journal on 19 November 2018.
The short list of candidates will be drawn up by a selection panel of 12 persons chosen from former ECJ, ECA and former national Supreme Court members, as well as one member proposed by the EP (Mr Antonio Mura). PV\1174839CS.docx 25/43 PE634.487v01-00
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The short list is expected to be finalised by the first week of February 2019.
On 29 January 2019, CONT and LIBE committees will hold a joint meeting where the Commission will be invited to inform Members on the current state of play and further steps of the procedure in view of the appointment of the European Public Prosecutor.
The Commission is expected to submit early February a shortlist of qualified candidates to the European Parliament and the Council.
Members will discuss and agree on the procedure to follow for the hearings of these short-listed candidates in view of allowing for a final decision to be taken by end of March 2019.
The hearings in CONT-LIBE could be scheduled on one of the following dates: (tbc):- 11 or 12 February 2019- 18 or 19 February 2019 - 7 March 2019, at the very latest.
The Plenary vote will be scheduled for March I or II (tbc). The Council will take a final decision by the end of March.
G. Cancellation/Postponement of Workshop on “Is the latest CAP reform increasing the competitiveness of the sector?”
The rapporteur - Ms Dlabajova - proposed to postpone the workshop for after the elections. No objections were raised by coordinators, therefore the workshop was taken off the planning for this term.
H. Documents received since last coordinators’ meeting - Annex III
I. Any other business
I. 1. Report on Interinstitutional Round Table on senior management selection and appointment
GUE coordinator, Mr De Jong requested to follow up on the above. It was suggested that when the study on the “Appointment procedures in the EU institutions” is presented in CONT - on Thursday, 21 March 2019, PM - the agenda item should be extended to invite Commissioner Oettinger and representatives of the staff Committee of the Commission and the EP.
I. 2. Invitation of Hungarian general Prosecutor to a CONT meeting
Greens coordinator, Mr Staes requested on behalf of his group to invite the Hungarian General Prosecutor, Mr Polt to a CONT meeting (possibly in
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camera) to discuss OLAF investigations which are not accepted as evidence by the Hungarian authorities. Coordinators agreed to proceed with the invitation, after having heard DG REGIO how they have proceeded with financial corrections following the OLAF investigations.
J. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting:
20 February 2019 (date TBC, if necessary)
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1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The draft agenda was e-mailed to Members on 15 January 2019 and is in the file for the meeting .
2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Chair draws attention to the following points:
Languages available
FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, ES, CS, ET, HU, PL, BG and RO
Webstreaming
The CONT meeting is webstreamed on the Europarl website.
Please be aware that each time a speaker activates the microphone to make an intervention, the camera will be automatically directed to the speaker.
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ISSUE N° 2MONDAY, 21 JANUARY 2019
15.00 - 18.30TUESDAY, 22 JANUARY 2019
9.00-12.30 and 15.00 - 18.30Room: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 3E-2, Brussels
3. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTCONT/8/14103
Consideration of draft reportRapporteur: Claudia Schmidt (EPP)Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende
Shadow Rapporteurs: Gilles Pargneaux (S&D), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Benedek Jávor (Greens/EFA), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL), Marco Valli (EFDD), Jean-François Jalkh (ENF)
The European Parliament draft discharge report for the financial year 2017 is based on a wide range of information, which is
available on the CONT website:
- Parliament's accounts for the financial year 2017, - the report on budgetary and financial management,- the Secretary-General's Statement of Assurance,- the Annual Activity Reports by the Authorising Officers,- the European Court of Auditors' Annual Report 2017,- the follow-up report drawn up by the Administration in response to the previous year's discharge resolution, -the questionnaire with the Secretary-General's replies, emailed to Members on 20 November 2018, and- the exchange of views in CONT on 26 November 2018 with the Vice-President responsible for budgetary affairs, the Secretary General, the Court of Auditors and the Internal Auditor.
The Rapporteur, Ms Schmidt, presents her draft report on the Parliament's management during 2017. Her draft report contains comments and recommendations based, inter alia, on the Court of Auditors’ and the Internal Auditors’ findings, as well as on the result of the extensive discussion process held with the Parliament’s Authorising Officers.
She notes that the Court of Auditors found weaknesses in procurement procedures and in the reimbursement of expenses of political groups. Ms Schmidt asks the Court to keep the responsible committee informed on the implementation of its recommendations.
The Rapporteur welcomes the Parliament's work in the area of human resources and of procurement to face the United Kingdom's decision to withdraw from the European Union. At the same time she expresses some concerns with the staff reduction target, and asks for a comprehensive overview of staff reductions since 2014. Ms Schmidt regrets the geographic dispersion of the Parliament and calls the Council and the Commission to initiate a Treaty change for the Parliament to have one single seat.
Although noting some improvements in the Parliament's communication strategy, the Rapporteur is critical about the progress of the Parliament's public website, the cost of the House of European History and the means available
for the European messages to reach the European citizens. More should be done to combat the distance between the Union and its citizens.
The Rapporteur supports the internalisation of the drivers' service, which increased the quality and the efficiency of the service. At the same time, she expresses some reservations on the price and quality of the food served in the canteens and recalls the need to strengthen ICT security.
The Rapporteur recalls that the openness to the public is a hallmark of the Parliament, and supports a lessons-learned approach to prepare for emergencies which will guarantee a safe working environment for parliamentary activities while retaining Parliament’s openness.
Ms Schmidt takes note of the Parliament’s building strategy and acknowledges that the building policy will gradually move away from acquisition towards renovations and maintenance.
All language versions of the draft report and the reference documents can be consulted on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body DateDeadline for tabling amendments
CONT 30/01/2019 at 14.00
Vote CONT 20/02/2019Adoption Plenary March II 2019
4. ECA SPECIAL REPORT 28/2018 (DISCHARGE 2018): H2020 SIMPLIFICATION MEASURES - THE MAJORITY OF SIMPLIFICATION MEASURES BROUGHT INTO HORIZON 2020 HAVE MADE LIFE EASIER FOR BENEFICIARIES, BUT OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE STILL EXISTCONT/8/15360
Presentation of the special report by ECA Member responsible, Alex Brenninkmeijer
Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)Administrator: Christian Ehlers
Horizon 2020 provides funding to researchers, research institutes, universities, private companies and public bodies, either individually or in consortia as part of collaborative research projects. With a budget of €76.4 billion for the period from 2014 to 2020, it ranks as the world’s largest public research and innovation programme.
Simplification and cutting red tape is a central aim of Horizon 2020. The Court of Auditors assessed whether the European Commission’s simplification measures had reduced the administrative burden for beneficiaries. It found that most of the measures had been effective, although not all had produced the desired results, and that there was still room for improvement. Stability in the rules is also important, the Court underlined, because beneficiaries can adapt to complexity, but frequent modifications cause confusion and
The Court found that the Commission had drawn on its experience of managing previous framework programmes. New structures, notably the Common Support Centre, have led to more coherent implementation of the programme. However, the Research Enquiry Service, which provides advice and support to applicants and participants, has not been incorporated into the Support Centre, and the level of support and guidance offered by the National Contact Points varies.
Support tools, such as the Participant Portal, have improved, and the use of electronic signatures has simplified grant award and management. However, some technical upgrades are still required, and the grants manual is difficult to navigate, especially for the inexperienced.
The time from application to signature of a grant agreement has been reduced significantly. But only a fraction of calls for proposals employ a two-stage evaluation, which impacts in particular on unsuccessful applicants. Moreover, the Seal of Excellence, intended to help the best unsuccessful proposals find funding elsewhere, has not yet been effective.
The Court is of the opinion that the rules on personnel costs remain complex, leading to errors in cost declarations. Negative side effects from the new approach have caused some confusion and legal uncertainty. Simplified cost options, such as lump sums and inducement prizes, could reduce the administrative burden but have not yet been sufficiently tested.
The Court recommend that the European Commission should:• better communicate with applicants and beneficiaries;• intensify testing of lump sums;• explore the possibility of making greater use of two-stage proposal evaluations;• re-examine remuneration conditions for expert evaluators;• increase recognition of the Seal of Excellence;• ensure stability of the rules and guidance for participants;• improve the quality of outsourced audits;• further simplify tools and guidance for SMEs.
The ECA Special Report is available on the CONT website.
As a follow-up, a succinct working document with the recommendations of the Rapporteur will be sent to CONT Members. The Rapporteur’s conclusion will form part of the Commission’s discharge report.
5. PUBLIC HEARING ON EUROPEAN ADDED VALUECONT/8/15297
Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
The public hearing will focus on the success stories thanks to the EU and its European added value. The hearing is split in three panels.
The first panel is focused on competitiveness. The Vice-Chair decided to present the example of Fusion for Energy Joint Undertaking, which is the European component of the international ITER project building the biggest nuclear fission reactor in the world. Many European research centres as well as enterprises benefit from this huge project.
The second panel will focus on cohesion policy. The Chair of the Working Group for EU Structural Policy of the Czech Association of Towns and Communities will present his position on how the EU’s added value contributes to development of Czech town and regions.
The third panel will focus on sustainable growth. The Chief Policy Advisor of Copa and Cogeca, the union of two big agricultural umbrella organisations and the strongest interest group for European farmers will present the European added value in agriculture.
All the panels will be assisted by the representatives of the Commission and by the Members of the European Court of Auditors and will be followed by series of questions and answers.
The draft programme is available on the CONT website. Presentations will be uploaded after the hearing.
TUESDAY, 22 JANUARY 201909.00 - 11.30
PUBLIC MEETING
6. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMISSIONCONT/8/14083
7. DISCHARGE 2017: COURT OF AUDITORS' SPECIAL REPORTSCONT/8/14385
Consideration of draft reportsRapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (S&D)Administrators: Philippe Godts and Christian Ehlers
Shadow Rapporteurs: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Martina Dlabajová (ALDE), Bart Staes (Verts/ALE), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL), Jean-François Jalkh (ENF)
In her draft report, Inés Ayala Sender welcomes the fact that the Court of Auditors gave a clean opinion on the reliability of the accounts of the European Union for 2017 and that the Court concluded that the revenue
was legal and regular in all material respects. She notes with satisfaction that the Court has issued for a second consecutive year a qualified (rather than an adverse) opinion on the legality and regularity of the payments. Ms Ayala Sender expresses some concern as to the fact that in 2017 the outstanding budgetary commitments increased to a new record of EUR 267,3 billion. She is also deeply concerned by the fact that, according to the Court, 64% of the total value of EFSI contracts that the EIB group had signed by the end of 2017 was concentrated in six Member States: France, Italy, Spain, Germany, UK and Poland.
The Rapporteur points out how the European Parliament contributed, from 2014 to 2018, to establishing sound financial management structures in the Commission and the Member States. She reiterates the Parliament’s concerns about the difference between the Commission and the Court’s methods for calculating errors and calls on
the Commission to make a strategy for the active avoidance of conflict of interest as one of its priorities and to ensure that a zero tolerance policy with no double standard will apply regarding conflict of interest.
The draft reports are available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body DateDeadline for tabling amendments
CONT 30/01/2019 at 14.00
Vote CONT 20/02/2019Adoption Plenary March II 2019
8. 2017 DISCHARGE: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - 8TH, 9TH, 10TH AND 11TH EDFSCONT/8/14268
Consideration of draft reportRapporteur: Marco Valli (EFDD)Administrator: Olivier Sautière
Shadow Rapporteurs: Joachim Zeller (EPP), Iris Hoffmann (S&D), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE), Indrek Tarand (Verts/ALE), Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL), Barbara Kappel (ENF)
In the course of the preparation of the European Development Fund (EDF) discharge report for 2017, the Committee submitted written questions to the Member of the European Commission responsible
for International Cooperation and Development, Mr Neven Mimica, and to the Director General and Deputy Head of Operations of the European Investment Bank (EIB) for Operations outside the EU, Mr Luca Lazzaroli, on 23 October 2018.
On 8 October 2018, CONT Members held an exchange of views with Commissioner Neven Mimica on the findings concerning the EDF chapter of the Court of Auditors (ECA) 2017 Annual Report, in the presence of Mr Juhan Parts Member of the European Court of Auditors. On this occasion, CONT Members also held an exchange of views with Mr Luca Lazzaroli who has presented the main achievements of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) investment facility for 2017.
In his draft report, the Rapporteur emphasises the following issues: (i) the need to ensure that development aid is pursued in accordance with its original purpose with due consideration of aid effectiveness principles, (ii) a sharper emphasis on performance and visible actions, (iii) the implementation of the EDF development aid following the evaluation of the 11th EDF and the mid-term review of implementation of external financial instruments, (iv) the management of financial instruments outside the budget through EDF contributions to several Union trust funds, (v) the use of effective pre-conditionalities to budget support operations and (vi) the African Peace Facility.
All language versions of the draft report and the reference documents can be consulted on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body DateDeadline for tabling CONT 30/01/2019 at 14.00
amendmentsVote CONT 20/02/2019Adoption Plenary March II 2019
DISCHARGE 2017: OTHER INSTITUTIONS
9. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - COUNCIL AND EUROPEAN COUNCILCONT/8/14123
10. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICECONT/8/14263
11. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - COURT OF JUSTICECONT/8/14147
12. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORSCONT/8/14163
13. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEECONT/8/14183
14. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONSCONT/8/14203
15. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN OMBUDSMANCONT/8/14223
16. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISORCONT/8/14243
Consideration of draft reportsRapporteur: Arndt Kohn (S&D)Administrators: Charlotte Kutzenberger and Olivier Sautière (for EEAS)
Shadow Rapporteurs: José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra (EPP), Raffaele Fitto (except for ECA: Monica Macovei) (ECR), Wolf Klinz (ALDE), Benedek Javor (Greens/EFA), Dennis de Jong (GUE), Marco Valli (EFDD), Jean-François Jalkh (ENF)
The Secretary-Generals of the other Institutions received the questions put by CONT Members on 16 October 2018. The written replies were made available to the Members on 15 November 2018.
The CONT Members held an exchange of views on the main issues concerning the 2017 discharge with the Secretaries General of the Other Institutions (except of the Council) on 27 November 2018.
On 5 December 2018 the answers to the additional questions that were raised during the hearing held in the context of the 2017 Discharge were submitted to the Members.
The Rapporteur prepared the draft reports based on the documents submitted by the institutions, on the exchange of views in CONT and on the replies given by all institutions - except the Council - to the questionnaires.
During this meeting the Rapporteur will present the draft reports and following the CONT Members will have an exchange of views on the 2017 discharge to Other Institutions.
Concerning the EEAS discharge, replies to the 93 questions submitted to the EEAS were emailed to CONT Members on 8 October 2018.
The hearing held on 8 November 2018 with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms Federica Mogherini, in the presence of Mr Pietro Russo Member of the European Court of Auditors, provided to Members an opportunity to address a range of management issues related to the trends for gender and geographical balance, the increased number of seconded national experts, the reinforcement of the EEAS security package, the improvements achieved in the EEAS building policy as well as the impact of Brexit.
All language versions of the draft reports and the reference documents can be consulted on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body DateDeadline for tabling amendments
CONT 30/01/2019 at 14.00
Vote CONT 20-21/02/2019Adoption Plenary March II 2019
18. DISCHARGE 2017: REPORT ON DISCHARGE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET OF THE AGENCIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2017: PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLCONT/8/14341
19. DISCHARGE 2017: AGENCY FOR THE COOPERATION OF ENERGY REGULATORS (ACER)CONT/8/14330
20. DISCHARGE 2017: OFFICE OF THE BODY OF EUROPEAN REGULATORS FOR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (BEREC)CONT/8/14332
21. DISCHARGE 2017: TRANSLATION CENTRE FOR THE BODIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (CDT)CONT/8/14285
22. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING (CEDEFOP)CONT/8/14271
23. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING (CEPOL)CONT/8/14305
24. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY (EASA)CONT/8/14295
25. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE (EASO)CONT/8/14337
26. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY (EBA)CONT/8/14323
27. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL (ECDC)CONT/8/14299
28. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY (ECHA)CONT/8/14314
29. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EEA)CONT/8/14281
30. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN FISHERIES CONTROL AGENCY (EFCA)CONT/8/14312
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31. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY (EFSA)CONT/8/14297
32. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER EQUALITY (EIGE)CONT/8/14297
33. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN INSURANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS AUTHORITY (EIOPA)CONT/8/14325
34. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (EIT)CONT/8/14335
35. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY (EMA)CONT/8/14287
36. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION (EMCDDA)CONT/8/14278
37. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY (EMSA)CONT/8/14293
38. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY (ENISA)CONT/8/14301
39. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR RAILWAYS (ERA)CONT/8/14303
40. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN SECURITIES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY (ESMA)CONT/8/14328
41. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION (ETF)CONT/8/14291
42. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR THE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF LARGE-SCALE IT SYSTEMS IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE (EU-LISA)CONT/8/14339
43. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK (EU-OSHA)CONT/8/14283
45. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS (EUROFOUND)CONT/8/14274
46. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION JUDICIAL COOPERATION UNIT (EUROJUST)CONT/8/14289
47. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR LAW
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ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION (EUROPOL)CONT/8/14318
48. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS (FRA)CONT/8/14276
49. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN BORDER AND COAST GUARD AGENCY (FRONTEX)CONT/8/14307
50. DISCHARGE 2017: EUROPEAN GNSS AGENCY (GSA)CONT/8/14310
Consideration of draft reportsRapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP)Administrator: Cécile Bourgault
Shadow Rapporteurs: Karin Kadenbach (S&D), Ryszard Czarnecki (except for EUROPOL, EUROJUST and EFSA: Monica Macovei (ECR), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Bart Staes (Greens/EFA), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL), Barbara Kappel (ENF)
The number of decentralised agencies being subject to discharge for the financial year 2017 is 32, the same as in the previous year. In
addition to the draft reports on the decentralised agencies, the Rapporteur, Mr Petri Sarvamaa will present the draft report containing horizontal observations on the agencies. The draft reports are based on the European Court of Auditors' Annual Report on the agencies, and the following documents containing information on the agencies' financial management for the 2017 financial year:
Reports on the follow-up of the previous year's discharge resolutions; Reports on 2017 budgetary and financial management; 2017 annual activity reports; Answers by the Agencies’ Network and by individual agencies to the written questions
by the CONT Committee; and Oral replies provided in the course of the CONT hearing of 3 December 2018.
Out of the 32 decentralised agencies subject to the discharge procedure, the European Court of Auditors issued a clean opinion on the reliability of the accounts for all agencies meaning that the final accounts present fairly, in all material respects, their financial position at year-end.
The European Court of Auditors issued a clean opinion on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the accounts for all agencies, except for one agency, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), for which the Court issued an adverse opinion on the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts.
The main issues identified regarding EASO were related to material and systematic instances of non-compliance of payments with the Office’s Financial Regulation, mainly concerning to public procurement and recruitment procedures underlying payments.
Based on this ground, the Rapporteur suggests to postpone the 2017 discharge on EASO.
The draft reports for other agencies focus, inter alia, on issues related to the reliability of accounts, the legality and regularity of transactions, internal controls, budget implementation, procurement, staff policy, prevention and management of conflicts of interest and transparency.
Consideration of draft reportsRapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs: Tomas Zdechovský (EPP), Miroslav Poche (S&D), Notis Marias (ECR), Indrek Tarand (Greens/EFA), Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL), Barbara Kappel (ENF)
The Rapporteur, Ms Dlabajova will present the draft reports which
focus mostly on the issues identified during the financial year 2017. The reports look at issues and efforts made by the Joint Undertakings (JUs) regarding monitoring, reporting and internal control systems.
Please find below the vital information concerning each of the eight JUs, which the Rapporteur included in her reports:
- Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking: the amount of contributions made by the industry members to cover operational costs were negligible. This prompted the Commission to suspend partially its own cash contributions and upraised the risk of not achieving the required minimum contributions by the end of the Joint Undertaking’s programme. Moreover, despite the good level of implementation of its Internal Control Standards, three of them were still pending to implement.- Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking: did not present major problems and the budget implementation was really remarkable for 2017.- As in the previous years, Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership Joint Undertaking: was granted a qualified opinion by the Court on the legality and regularity of the payments. Other major issues detected by the Court of Auditors: one related to the management of the procurement procedures for administrative services; and the other consisting in neither properly registering the exceptions management overrides of controls nor deviations from established processes and procedures.- Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: the amount of payment appropriations was highly increased, passing from 115 to 198 million euro (72 %). However not all targets of the third set of 2017 key performance indicators specific to Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking were met.- Initiative on Innovative Medicines: presented a weak budget implementation, as showed in the low level of payment appropriations implementation rate in 2017 (75 %), especially for the Horizon 2020 funds, and in the high amount (78 million euro) of unused payment appropriations from previous years. Moreover, less than 60 % of the third set of target key performance indicators were reached and the total staff increased significantly, passing from 41 to 49 positions.- European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy: the Court highlighted that shortcomings in the planning process have led to a significant amount of extra financial needs: additional 280 million euro in 2017 were needed and to additional funding requirements for the construction phase after 2020 that the Court estimated in 5,4 billion euros, phase for which there is a delay of 15 years. Other shortcomings recruitment of staff, declarations of interests by senior management and the internal communication strategies. However, both the Court and the Rapporteur underline the good level of achievement of the targets, delivering seven of the nine planned ITER Council milestones in 2017 and, at the overall ITER Project level, reaching 30 out of the 32 ITER Council milestones.- SESAR Joint Undertaking: low budget implementation rates, especially in SESAR 1 funds; shortcomings in its financial control processes and favourable assessments in the Commission’s evaluations.- Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking: minor issues, like the Commission’s common Horizon 2020 grant management and monitoring tools which had not finished the specific developments needed for the processing of the Joint Undertaking’s in-kind contributions.
The Court of Auditors' reports and other relevant information (including annual reports, final accounts etc.) can be found on the CONT website.
All language versions of the draft report and the reference documents can be consulted on the CONT website.
Vote CONT 20/02/2019Adoption Plenary March II 2019
59. ECA RAPID CASE REVIEW ON “VAT REIMBURSEMENT IN COHESION– AN ERROR-PRONE AND SUB-OPTIMAL USE OF EU FUNDS"CONT/8/15206
Presentation of the ECA rapid case review on VAT by ECA Member responsible, Tony MurphyRapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE)Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
During various audits, the European Court of Auditors identified several shortcomings and errors in the treatment of value-added tax (VAT) within the frame of Cohesion spending.
According to the 2014-2020 Common Provision Regulation, the VAT amount is considered as eligible to be financed by Union funds when it is not recoverable from the taxation national system.
However, in some cases, both the beneficiary bodies and the national tax authorities implemented these regulation otherwise. This implied that the beneficiaries received money from the Union budget when it was the national tax authority who should have reimbursed the incurred VAT.
Additionally, when VAT was not recoverable, the Union reimbursement exceeded the total cost of the project net of VAT, rendering the income to the country higher than its expense. This effect occurred when the proportion of the Union funding over the total cost of the project was over 80% and has been considered by the Court as a sub-optimal use of Union funds - hence undesirable.
Although the Commission already tried to address VAT issues for the CPR 2014-2020, this was omitted by the regulators.
The Court therefore insists on the alternative recommendation already made in its 2017 Annual Report consisting in not reimbursing VAT to public bodies, which would avoid possible errors and would solve the issue of sound financial management at the same time.
The ECA rapid case review is available on the CONT website.
60.ECA SPECIAL REPORT 2/2019 (DISCHARGE 2018): EU FOOD SAFETY POLICY PROTECTS US BUT FACES CHALLENGESCONT/8/15347
Presentation of the special report by ECA Member responsible, Janusz Wojciechowski
Rapporteur:Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP)Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende
Food safety is a high priority for the EU, affects all citizens and is closely linked to trade policies. EU food safety policy aims to protect its citizens from three types of hazards in food: physical, biological and chemical.
The audit concentrated on chemical hazards and its aim is to assess whether the EU food safety model is soundly based and implemented to ensure no chemical hazards emanate from the consumption of products. The Court of Auditors concluded that the model is soundly based and respected worldwide. However, it observed that the model is currently over-stretched, as the Commission and Member States do not have the capacity to implement it fully.
Based on its findings and conclusions, the Court recommends:
1. Reviewing the legislation and improving complementarity between private and public control systems:
(a) The Commission should, as a part of the current Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme (REFIT) exercise on the legal framework governing food, feed, live animals and plants, assess potential changes to the legislation governing chemical hazards in light of the capacity to apply it consistently. (b) The Commission should build upon the work already started to encourage such complementarity identifying the way forward so that Member State public authorities can, where justified, rely more extensively on the checks carried out by the private sector to improve the efficiency of checks and the sustainability of the EU food safety model.
2. Maintaining the same level of assurance for both EU produced and imported food:(a) For pesticide residues in food, the Commission should explain what action it will take to maintain the same level of assurance for both EU produced and imported food while remaining compliant with WTO rules.
3. Facilitating consistent application of EU food law:(a) The Commission should give Member States further guidance on the application of enforcement measures.(b) The Commission should put into action the opportunities it has identified to enhance its procedures for monitoring compliance with EU food rules.
The Commission in its replies procedure accepted all of the Court’s recommendations.
The ECA Special Report is available on the CONT website.
As a follow-up, a succinct working document with the recommendations of the Rapporteur will be sent to CONT Members. The Rapporteur’s conclusion will form part of the Commission’s discharge report.
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NEWS FROM POLICY DEPARTMENT - BUDGETARY AFFAIRSFORTHCOMING EVENTSCONT Workshop “Integrated territorial investments as an effective tool of Cohesion Policy” - 8 April 2019Workshop “EU Member States declaration” - 11 April 2019
POLICY DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONSRecent publicationsCONTProceedings of the Workshop on “How to better combat fraud? Follow up of the Commission’s anti-corruption sharing programme”
In-Depth Analysis “The effectiveness and visibility of EU funding in the Western Balkan countries with a special focus on the cross-border cooperation“
Proceedings of the Workshop on “The revision of OLAF Regulation in light of the future cooperation with EPPO”
Study “EU-funded large-scale infrastructure: deficient project preparation and procurement processes?”
Study “Ex Ante Conditionality in ESI funds state of play and their potential impact on the Financial Implementation of the Funds”
Study “Review of status of the Commission’s register of expert groups and their composition”
BUDGIn-Depth Analysis “The EU spending on fight against climate change”
Study “EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies”
Study “Potential revenue from the extension of charging fees by EU Agencies”
Study “Financial Implementation of European Structural and Investment Funds“
Forthcoming publicationsCONTStudy “Transparency of funding for NGOs financed from the EU Budget (update)” - - 29 January 2019 - JAN4Q1 - 16h30/17h30
Study “Good examples of aligning the budget with the ‘performance based budgeting’ principles in 3 most progressive Member States” - 20/21 February 2019
Study “Key performance indicators for convergence in regional development - how reliable are they to ensure targeted and result-oriented spending?” - March 2019
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