Parlament Europejski 2014-2019
Komisja Kontroli Budżetowej
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PROTOKÓŁ Posiedzenie w dniach 19 listopada 2018 r. w godz. 15.00–18.30 oraz 20 listopada 2018 r. w godz. 9.00–12.30 i 14.30–18.30 BRUKSELA
Ingeborg Gräßle (przewodnicząca) otworzyła posiedzenie w poniedziałek 19 listopada 2018 r. o godz. 15.04.
19 listopada 2018 r. w godz. 15.00–18.30
1. Przyjęcie porządku dziennego Projekt porządku dziennego został przyjęty w formie przedstawionej w niniejszym protokole.
2. Komunikaty przewodniczącego
Przewodnicząca zwróciła uwagę posłów na informacje zawarte w CONT News.
3. Zatwierdzenie protokołów posiedzeń 27 września 2018 r. PV – PE629.382v01-00 4 października 2018 r. PV – PE629.483v01-00 10–11 października 2018 r. PV – PE629.387v01-00 18 października 2018 r. PV – PE629.581v01-00 25 października 2018 r. PV – PE629.592v01-00
Protokoły zostały zatwierdzone.
4. Absolutorium za rok 2017: budżet ogólny UE – Komisja Europejska CONT/8/14083 2018/2166(DEC) COM(2018)0521[01] – C8-0318/2018 Sprawozdawczyni: Inés Ayala Sender (S&D)
PV\1177047PL.docx PE634.840v01-00
PL Zjednoczona w różnorodności PL Przedm. właśc.: CONT Opiniodaw.: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI Wymiana poglądów z komisarz ds. polityki regionalnej Coriną Crețu w obecności członka ETO Tony’ego Murphy’ego
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Tony Murphy (członek ETO), Corina Creţu (komisarz ds. polityki regionalnej, Komisja Europejska, DG REGIO), Inés Ayala Sender, Martina Dlabajová, Bart Staes, Miroslav Poche, Julia Reda, Benedek Jávor, Tamás Deutsch
5. Zamknięcie ksiąg dochodów i wydatków Europejskiego Urzędu Wsparcia w dziedzinie Azylu (EASO) za rok budżetowy 2016 CONT/8/14983 2018/2938(RSP) Sprawozdawczyni: Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) AM – PE631.801v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: CONT Rozpatrzenie projektu decyzji w sprawie zamknięcia ksiąg dochodów i wydatków
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Bart Staes
6. Sprawozdanie roczne z kontroli działalności finansowej EBI w 2017 r. CONT/8/13880 2018/2151(INI) Sprawozdawca: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) PR – PE625.209v01-00 AM – PE630.700v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: CONT Opiniodaw.: INTA Rozpatrzenie projektu sprawozdania
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Georgi Pirinski, Tamás Deutsch, Constance Kann (EBI), Inés Ayala Sender, Laszlo Csoto (Komisja Europejska, DG ECFIN)
7. Sprawozdanie specjalne Europejskiego Trybunału Obrachunkowego nr 18/2018 (absolutorium za 2017 r.): Czy osiągnięto główny cel części zapobiegawczej paktu stabilności i wzrostu? CONT/8/14617 Sprawozdawca: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) DT – PE630.709v01-00 Prezentacja sprawozdania specjalnego przez właściwego członka ETO Nevena Matesa
PE634.840v01-00 2/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Neven Mates (członek ETO), Georgi Pirinski, Inés Ayala Sender, Lucio Pench (Komisja Europejska, DG ECFIN)
8. Wdrażanie przepisów prawnych oraz wspólnego oświadczenia zapewniających parlamentarną kontrolę nad agencjami zdecentralizowanymi CONT/8/13392 2018/2114(INI) Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL) PA – PE625.391v01-00 AM – PE630.651v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: AFCO – György Schöpflin (PPE) PR – PE630.622v01-00 Opiniodaw.: BUDG, CONT, ECON, ENVI, JURI, LIBE Rozpatrzenie projektu opinii
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Dennis de Jong, Karin Kadenbach, Joachim Zeller (w imieniu kontrsprawozdawcy Petriego Sarvamaa), Henning Klaus (Sekretariat Generalny Komisji Europejskiej)
9. Przegląd statusu rejestru grup ekspertów Komisji i ich składu CONT/8/14958 Sprawozdawca: Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL) Prezentacja analizy
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Roland Blomeyer (Blomeyer & Sanz), Dennis de Jong, Henning Klaus (Sekretariat Generalny Komisji Europejskiej)
Posiedzenie zawieszono o godz. 18.52.
20 listopada 2018 r. w godz. 9.00–12.30
Ingeborg Gräßle (przewodnicząca) przewodniczyła dalszej części posiedzenia we wtorek 20 listopada 2018 r. od godz. 9.00.
*** Głosowanie elektroniczne ***
10. Ocena wykorzystania budżetu UE na potrzeby reformy sektora publicznego CONT/8/13322 2018/2086(INI) Sprawozdawca: Brian Hayes (PPE) AM – PE629.491v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: CONT Opiniodaw.: REGI
PV\1177047PL.docx 3/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Przyjęcie projektu sprawozdania
Głos zabrała: Ingeborg Gräßle
Projekt sprawozdania po poprawkach został zatwierdzony 16 głosami za, przy braku głosów przeciw i 1 głosie wstrzymującym się.
Poprawki przyjęte: AM1, AM4 cz. 1 i cz. 2, AM3, AM13, AM14, AM23, AM24, AM25, AM27, AM30, AM31, REGI2, REGI3, REGI4, REGI5, REGI6, REGI8, REGI10, REGI11, REGI12, REGI13, REGI14, REGI14
Poprawki odrzucone: AM5, AM6, AM7, AM8, AM12, AM15, AM16, AM20, AM21, AM22, AM26, AM28, AM29,
Poprawki bezprzedmiotowe: AM2
Poprawki kompromisowe przyjęte: popr. kompr. 1 zastępująca poprawki AM9, AM10 i AM11, popr. kompr. 2 zastępująca poprawki AM17, AM18 i AM19
Uwzględniono następujące poprawki: REGI1, REGI7, i REGI9.
11. Ustanowienie, w ramach Funduszu Zintegrowanego Zarządzania Granicami, instrumentu wsparcia finansowego na rzecz sprzętu do kontroli celnej CONT/8/13762 ***I 2018/0258(COD) COM(2018)0474 – C8-0273/2018 Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE) AD – PE627.870v02-00 AM – PE629.722v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: IMCO – Jiří Pospíšil (PPE) AM – PE630.495v01-00 Opiniodaw.: INTA, BUDG, CONT, LIBE Przyjęcie projektu opinii
Głos zabrała: Ingeborg Gräßle
Projekt opinii po poprawkach został zatwierdzony 17 głosami za, przy braku głosów przeciw i 1 głosie wstrzymującym się.
Poprawki przyjęte: popr. 14, popr. 15, popr. 16, popr. 17, popr. 18, popr. 19, popr. 21, popr. 22, popr. 24, popr. 25, popr. 26, popr. 27, popr. 28, popr. 29, popr. 30, popr. 31, popr. 32, popr. 33, popr. 34, popr. 1, popr. 35, popr. 36, popr. 37, popr. 3, popr. 4, popr. 38, popr. 5, popr. 39, popr. 40, popr. 41, popr. 42, popr. 43, popr. 44, popr. 45, popr. 46, popr. ust. 1 zastępująca popr. 6, popr. 47, popr. 48, popr. 50, popr. 7, popr. 8, popr. 9, popr. 51, popr. 10, popr. 52, popr. 53, popr. 54, popr. 55, popr. 56, popr. 57, popr. 58, popr. 59, popr. 60, popr. 11, popr. 12, popr. 61, popr. 62, popr. 63, popr. 64, popr. 65, popr. 13
Poprawki odrzucone: popr. 20, popr. 23, popr. 49
PE634.840v01-00 4/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL Poprawki bezprzedmiotowe: popr. 6
Poprawki wycofane: popr. 2
12. Ustanowienie programu „Cła” na rzecz współpracy w dziedzinie ceł CONT/8/13985 ***I 2018/0232(COD) COM(2018)0442 – C8-0261/2018 Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Wolf Klinz (ALDE) AD – PE627.871v02-00 AM – PE629.738v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: IMCO – Maria Grapini (S&D) AM – PE630.491v02-00 Opiniodaw.: BUDG, CONT Przyjęcie projektu opinii
Głos zabrała: Ingeborg Gräßle
Projekt opinii po poprawkach został zatwierdzony 18 głosami za, przy 1 głosie przeciw i braku głosów wstrzymujących się.
Poprawki przyjęte: popr. 14, popr. 15, popr. 16; popr. 19, popr. 20, popr. 21, popr. 22, popr. 23, popr. 24, popr. 25, popr. 26, popr. 28, popr. 29, popr. 31, popr. 33, popr. 34, popr. 2, popr. 35, popr. 3, popr. 4, popr. 5, popr. 37, popr. 38, popr. 39, popr. 40, popr. 41, popr. 42, popr. 43, popr. 44, popr. 45, popr. 6, popr. 46, popr. 47, popr. 48, popr. 49, popr. 50, popr. 51, popr. 52, popr. 7, popr. 53, popr. 8, popr. 9, popr. 54, popr. 10, popr. 11, popr. 55, popr. 56, popr. 57, popr. 12, popr. 13, popr. 58, popr. 59, popr. 60
Poprawki odrzucone: popr. 27, popr. 30, popr. 32, popr. 36,
Poprawki kompromisowe przyjęte: popr. kompr. 1 zastępująca poprawki 17, 18 i 1
13. Wniosek dotyczący rozporządzenia Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady zmieniającego rozporządzenia (UE) nr 1308/2013 ustanawiające wspólną organizację rynków produktów rolnych, (UE) nr 1151/2012 w sprawie systemów jakości produktów rolnych i środków spożywczych, (UE) nr 251/2014 w sprawie definicji, opisu, prezentacji, etykietowania i ochrony oznaczeń geograficznych aromatyzowanych produktów sektora wina, (UE) nr 228/2013 ustanawiające szczególne środki w dziedzinie rolnictwa na rzecz regionów najbardziej oddalonych w Unii Europejskiej i (UE) nr 229/2013 ustanawiające szczególne środki dotyczące rolnictwa dla mniejszych wysp Morza Egejskiego CONT/8/13989 ***I 2018/0218(COD) COM(2018)0394 – C8-0246/2018 Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE) AD – PE629.441v02-00 AM – PE629.440v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: AGRI – Eric Andrieu (S&D) PR – PE623.922v01-00
PV\1177047PL.docx 5/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Opiniodaw.: DEVE, BUDG, ENVI, REGI, PECH Stanowiska w formie poprawek: CONT Przyjęcie poprawek
Głos zabrała: Ingeborg Gräßle
Projekt opinii po poprawkach został zatwierdzony 17 głosami za, przy 1 głosie przeciw i 1 głosie wstrzymującym się.
Poprawki przyjęte: popr. 1, popr. 2, popr. 3 część 1, popr. 4, popr. 5, popr. 6, popr. 7
Poprawki odrzucone: popr. 3 część 2
*** Koniec głosowania elektronicznego ***
14. Absolutorium za rok 2017: budżet ogólny UE – Komisja Europejska CONT/8/14083 2018/2166(DEC) COM(2018)0521[01] – C8-0318/2018 Sprawozdawczyni: Inés Ayala Sender (S&D) Przedm. właśc.: CONT Opiniodaw.: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI Wymiana poglądów z komisarzem do spraw badań, nauki i innowacji Carlosem Moedasem w obecności członka ETO Alexa Brenninkmeijera
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Alex Brenninkmeijer (członek ETO), Carlos Moedas (komisarz do spraw badań, nauki i innowacji, Komisja Europejska, RTD), Inés Ayala Sender, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Richard Ashworth, Tomáš Zdechovský
15. Stosowanie postanowień traktatu dotyczących uprawnień Parlamentu do sprawowania kontroli politycznej nad Komisją CONT/8/13389 2018/2113(INI) Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE) PA – PE628.699v01-00 AM – PE631.883v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: AFCO – Mercedes Bresso (S&D) PR – PE629.657v01-00 AM – PE630.761v01-00 Opiniodaw.: CONT, JURI Rozpatrzenie projektu opinii
PE634.840v01-00 6/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Tomáš Zdechovský, Rosa Aldea (Komisja Europejska, DG BUDG)
16. Sprawozdanie roczne za rok 2017 w sprawie ochrony interesów finansowych Unii Europejskiej – walka z nadużyciami finansowymi CONT/8/13882 2018/2152(INI) Sprawozdawca: Marian-Jean Marinescu (PPE) PR – PE627.568v01-00 AM – PE631.780v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: CONT Rozpatrzenie projektu sprawozdania
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Bart Staes (w imieniu kontrsprawozdawcy Benedeka Javora), Margarete Hofmann (OLAF), Frank Michlik (OLAF)
17. Utworzenie Europejskiego Funduszu Walutowego CONT/8/13886 2017/0333R(APP) Sprawozdawca komisji opiniodawczej: Cătălin Sorin Ivan (NI) PA – PE625.495v01-00 AM – PE630.650v01-00 Przedm. właśc.: BUDG, Vladimír Maňka (S&D) PR – PE630.626v01-00 ECON – Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D) Opiniodaw.: CONT, AFCO Rozpatrzenie projektu opinii
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Karl Croonenborghs (Komisja Europejska, DG ECFIN)
18. Wdrażanie przez Komisję przepisów art. 61 nowego rozporządzenia finansowego dotyczącego konfliktu interesów w państwach członkowskich CONT/8/14959 Wymiana poglądów z przedstawicielami Komisji Europejskiej
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Gert-Jan Koopman (Komisja Europejska, DG BUDG), Bart Staes, Franck Sebert (Komisja Europejska, DG REGIO), Christina Borchmann (Komisja Europejska, DG AGRI), Mark Schelfhout (Komisja Europejska, DG EMPL), Monica Macovei
Posiedzenie zawieszono o godz. 12.34.
20 listopada 2018 r., w godz. 14.30–18.30
PV\1177047PL.docx 7/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Ingeborg Gräßle (przewodnicząca) przewodniczyła dalszej części posiedzenia we wtorek 20 listopada 2018 r. od godz. 14.34.
19. Absolutorium za rok 2017: budżet ogólny UE – Komisja Europejska CONT/8/14083 2018/2166(DEC) COM(2018)0521[01] – C8-0318/2018 Sprawozdawczyni: Inés Ayala Sender (S&D) Przedm. właśc.: CONT Opiniodaw.: AFET, DEVE, INTA, BUDG, ECON, EMPL, ENVI, ITRE, IMCO, TRAN, REGI, AGRI, PECH, CULT, JURI, LIBE, AFCO, FEMM, PETI Wymiana poglądów z sekretarzem generalnym Komisji Europejskiej Martinem Selmayrem w obecności członka ETO Pietro Russo
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Martin Selmayr (sekretarz generalny Komisji Europejskiej), Pietro Russo (członek ETO), Inés Ayala Sender, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Bart Staes, Dennis de Jong, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Georgi Pirinski
20. Badanie na temat uwarunkowań ex ante w europejskich funduszach strukturalnych i inwestycyjnych: stan obecny oraz ich potencjalny wpływ na realizację finansową funduszy CONT/8/14960 Sprawozdawca: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) Prezentacja analizy
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Jorge Núñez (Centrum Studiów nad Polityką Europejską, CEPS), Georgi Pirinski, Jolanta Swiatkowska (Komisja Europejska, DG REGIO)
21. Opinia Europejskiego Trybunału Obrachunkowego w sprawie wniosków Komisji dotyczących rozporządzeń odnoszących się do wspólnej polityki rolnej na okres po 2020 r. CONT/8/14962 Sprawozdawca: Joachim Zeller (PPE) Przedstawienie opinii przez właściwego członka ETO João Figueiredo
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, João Figueiredo (członek ETO), Joachim Zeller, Petri Sarvamaa, Rudolf Mögele (Komisja Europejska, DG AGRI)
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Przy drzwiach zamkniętych (punkty 22, 23 i 24)
22. Dochodzenia OLAF i schematy nadużyć finansowych w Bułgarii CONT/8/14961
PE634.840v01-00 8/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL Wymiana poglądów z dyrektorem generalnym OLAF Ville Itälä
23. Dochodzenie OLAF w sprawie Europejskiego Urzędu Wsparcia w dziedzinie Azylu (EASO) CONT/8/15019 Sprawozdawca: Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) Wymiana poglądów z dyrektorem generalnym OLAF Ville Itälä
Głos zabrali: Ingeborg Gräßle, Ville Itälä (OLAF), Petri Sarvamaa, Georgi Pirinski, Andrey Novakov, Inés Ayala Sender
24. Posiedzenie koordynatorów
Streszczenie zaleceń koordynatorów zostało załączone do niniejszego protokołu.
25. Sprawy różne
Brak
26. Następne posiedzenia 26 listopada 2018 r., w godz. 16.00–18.30 (Bruksela) 27 listopada 2018 r. w godz. 9.00–13.00 (Bruksela) 3 grudnia 2018 r., w godz. 15.00–18.30 (Bruksela) 13 grudnia 2018 r. w godz. 9.00–11.45 (Strasburg)
Posiedzenie zakończyło się o godz. 18.30.
PV\1177047PL.docx 9/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Results of roll-call votes
Contents
1. Assessing how the EU budget is used for public sector reform, 2018/13322, RapporteurBrian Hayes ...... 11 1.1. Final vote...... 11 2. Establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment, 2018/0258(COD), Rapporteur: Nedzhmi Ali 12 2.1. Final vote...... 12 3. Establishing the ‘Customs’ Programme for cooperation in the field of customs, 2018/0232(COD), Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz ...... 13 3.1. Final vote...... 13 4. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands, 2018/0218(COD), Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský...... 14 4.1. Final vote...... 14
Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention
PE634.840v01-00 10/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 1. Assessing how the EU budget is used for public sector reform, 2018/13322, RapporteurBrian Hayes
1.1. Final vote
16 +
ALDE Nedzhmi Ali, Wolf Klinz
PPE Richard Ashworth, Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Julia Pitera, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Caterina Chinnici, John Howarth, Bogusław Liberadzki, Miroslav Poche, Tiemo Wölken
VERTS/ALE Bart Staes
0 -
1 0
GUE/NGL Luke Ming Flanagan
Corrections to votes and voting intentions +
-
0
PV\1177047PL.docx 11/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 2. Establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the instrument for financial support for customs control equipment, 2018/0258(COD), Rapporteur: Nedzhmi Ali
2.1. Final vote
17 +
ALDE Nedzhmi Ali, Wolf Klinz
GUE/NGL Luke Ming Flanagan
PPE Richard Ashworth, Ingeborg Gräßle, Andrey Novakov, Julia Pitera, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Caterina Chinnici, John Howarth, Karin Kadenbach, Bogusław Liberadzki, Miroslav Poche
VERTS/ALE Bart Staes
0 -
1 0
PPE Tamás Deutsch
Corrections to votes and voting intentions +
-
0
PE634.840v01-00 12/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 3. Establishing the ‘Customs’ Programme for cooperation in the field of customs, 2018/0232(COD), Rapporteur: Wolf Klinz
3.1. Final vote
18 +
ALDE Nedzhmi Ali, Wolf Klinz
GUE/NGL Luke Ming Flanagan
PPE Richard Ashworth, Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Andrey Novakov, Julia Pitera, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Caterina Chinnici, John Howarth, Karin Kadenbach, Bogusław Liberadzki, Miroslav Poche
VERTS/ALE Bart Staes
1 -
EFDD Jonathan Bullock
0 0
Corrections to votes and voting intentions +
-
0
PV\1177047PL.docx 13/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 4. Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products, (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and (EU) No 229/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in favour of the smaller Aegean islands, 2018/0218(COD), Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský
4.1. Final vote
17 +
ALDE Nedzhmi Ali, Wolf Klinz
PPE Richard Ashworth, Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Andrey Novakov, Julia Pitera, José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Tomáš Zdechovský
S&D Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Caterina Chinnici, John Howarth, Karin Kadenbach, Bogusław Liberadzki, Miroslav Poche
VERTS/ALE Bart Staes
1 -
EFDD Jonathan Bullock
1 0
GUE/NGL Luke Ming Flanagan
Corrections to votes and voting intentions +
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0
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Ingeborg Gräßle (Chair)(2), Indrek Tarand (2nd Vice Chair)(1), Martina Dlabajová (3rd Vice Chair)(1)
Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Μέλη/Members/Députés/Zastupnici/Deputati/Deputāti/Nariai/ Képviselõk/Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter
Nedzhmi Ali(1), Inés Ayala Sender(2), Zigmantas Balčytis(1), Jonathan Bullock(1), Tamás Deutsch(2), Luke Ming Flanagan(1), Wolf Klinz(1), Bogusław Liberadzki(1), Monica Macovei(1), Georgi Pirinski(1), José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra(1), Petri Sarvamaa(1), Bart Staes(2), Tomáš Zdechovský(1), Joachim Zeller(1), Dennis de Jong(2)
Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Zamjenici/ Supplenti/Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantysnariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/ Namestniki/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter
Richard Ashworth(1), Caterina Chinnici(1), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy(1), Benedek Jávor(2), Karin Kadenbach(2), Marian-Jean Marinescu(1), Andrey Novakov(1), Julia Pitera(1), Miroslav Poche(2)
200 (2)
John Howarth(1), Julia Reda(1), Tiemo Wölken(1)
206 (3)
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)
Присъствал на/Presente el/Přítomný dne/Til stede den/Anwesend am/Viibis(id) kohal/Παρών στις/Present on/Présent le/Nazočni dana/Presente il/Piedalījās/ Dalyvauja/Jelen volt/Preżenti fi/Aanwezig op/Obecny dnia/Presente em/Prezent/Prítomný dňa/Navzoči dne/Läsnä/Närvarande den: (1) 19.11.2018 (2) 20.11.2018
PV\1177047PL.docx 15/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Наблюдатели/Observadores/Pozorovatelé/Observatører/Beobachter/Vaatlejad/Παρατηρητές/Observers/Observateurs/Promatrači/ Osservatori/Novērotāji/Stebėtojai/Megfigyelők/Osservaturi/Waarnemers/Obserwatorzy/Observadores/Observatori/Pozorovatelia/ Opazovalci/Tarkkailijat/Observatörer
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
Съвет/Consejo/Rada/Rådet/Rat/Nõukogu/Συμβούλιο/Council/Conseil/Vijeće/Consiglio/Padome/Taryba/Tanács/Kunsill/Raad/ Conselho/Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*)
Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Euroopa Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Komisija/Commissione/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*)
Corina Creţu (DG REGIO), Marc Lemaitre (DG REGIO), Laszlo Csoto (DG ECFIN), Lucio Pensch (DG ECFIN), Henning Klaus (SG), Carlos Moeda (RTD), Jean-Eric Paquet (RTD), Rosa Aldea (DG BUDG), Margarete Hofmann (OLAF), Karl Croonenborghs (DG ECFIN), Gert-Jan Koopman (DG BUDG), Franck Sebert (DG REGIO), Christina Borchmann (DG AGRI), Mark Schelfhout (DG EMPL), Jolanta Swiatkowska (DG REGIO), Rudolf Mögele (DG AGRI)
Други институции/Otras instituciones/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner/Andere Organe/Muud institutsioonid/ Άλλα θεσμικά όργανα/Other institutions/Autres institutions/Druge institucije/Altre istituzioni/Citas iestādes/Kitos institucijos/ Más intézmények/Istituzzjonijiet oħra/Andere instellingen/Inne instytucje/Outras Instituições/Alte instituţii/Iné inštitúcie/Muut toimielimet/Andra institutioner/organ
ECA Tony Murphy (Member), Nevan Mates (Member), Alex Brenninkmeijer (Member), Pietro Russo (Member), João Figueiredo (Member), Helena Piron
EIB Constance Kann
Други участници/Otros participantes/Ostatní účastníci/Endvidere deltog/Andere Teilnehmer/Muud osalejad/Επίσης Παρόντες/Other participants/Autres participants/Drugi sudionici/Altri partecipanti/Citi klātesošie/Kiti dalyviai/Más résztvevők/Parteċipanti ohra/Andere aanwezigen/Inni uczestnicy/Outros participantes/Alţi participanţi/Iní účastníci/Drugi udeleženci/Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare
Roland Blomeyer (Blomeyer & Sanz), Jorge Núñez Ferrer (Centre for European Policy Studies, CEPS)
PE634.840v01-00 16/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 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 Balazs Szechy, Sabina Van Der Lande S&D Hélène Beaghe, Diana Popova ECR Vincenzo Matano, Arnob Ahmed ALDE Orsolya Balogh Verts/ALE Robert Godina GUE/NGL Elisa Reschini EFDD Barbara Gatto ENF NI
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
Генерална дирекция/Dirección General/Generální ředitelství/Generaldirektorat/Generaldirektion/Peadirektoraat/Γενική Διεύθυνση/ Directorate-General/Direction générale/Glavna uprava/Direzione generale/Ģenerāldirektorāts/Generalinis direktoratas/Főigazgatóság/ Direttorat Ġenerali/Directoraten-generaal/Dyrekcja Generalna/Direcção-Geral/Direcţii Generale/Generálne riaditeľstvo/Generalni direktorat/Pääosasto/Generaldirektorat
DG PRES DG IPOL Monika Strasser, Niels Fischer DG EXPO DG EPRS DG COMM DG PERS DG INLO DG TRAD DG LINC DG FINS DG ITEC DG SAFE
PV\1177047PL.docx 17/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Правна служба/Servicio Jurídico/Právní služba/Juridisk Tjeneste/Juristischer Dienst/Õigusteenistus/Νομική Υπηρεσία/Legal Service/ Service juridique/Pravna služba/Servizio giuridico/Juridiskais dienests/Teisės tarnyba/Jogi szolgálat/Servizz legali/Juridische Dienst/ Wydział prawny/Serviço Jurídico/Serviciu Juridic/Právny servis/Oikeudellinen yksikkö/Rättstjänsten
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, charlotte Kutzenberger, Tereza Pinto De Rezende, Olivier Sautière
Сътрудник/Asistente/Asistent/Assistent/Assistenz/Βοηθός/Assistant/Assistente/Palīgs/Padėjėjas/Asszisztens/Asystent/Pomočnik/ Avustaja/Assistenter
Veronika Patyi-Horvath, Karelle Dulhauste
* (P) = Председател/Presidente/Předseda/Formand/Vorsitzender/Esimees/Πρόεδρος/Chair(wo)man/Président/Predsjednik/Priekšsēdētājs/ Pirmininkas/Elnök/'Chairman'/Voorzitter/Przewodniczący/Preşedinte/Predseda/Predsednik/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande (VP) = Заместник-председател/Vicepresidente/Místopředseda/Næstformand/Stellvertretender Vorsitzender/Aseesimees/Αντιπρόεδρος/ Vice-Chair(wo)man/Potpredsjednik/Vice-Président/Potpredsjednik/Priekšsēdētāja vietnieks/Pirmininko pavaduotojas/Alelnök/ Viċi 'Chairman'/Ondervoorzitter/Wiceprzewodniczący/Vice-Presidente/Vicepreşedinte/Podpredseda/Podpredsednik/ Varapuheenjohtaja/Vice ordförande (M) = Член/Miembro/Člen/Medlem./Mitglied/Parlamendiliige/Μέλος/Member/Membre/Član/Membro/Deputāts/Narys/Képviselő/ Membru/Lid/Członek/Membro/Membru/Člen/Poslanec/Jäsen/Ledamot (F) = Длъжностно лице/Funcionario/Úředník/Tjenestemand/Beamter/Ametnik/Υπάλληλος/Official/Fonctionnaire/Dužnosnik/ Funzionario/Ierēdnis/Pareigūnas/Tisztviselő/Uffiċjal/Ambtenaar/Urzędnik/Funcionário/Funcţionar/Úradník/Uradnik/Virkamies/ Tjänsteman
PE634.840v01-00 18/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL ISSUE N° 27 MONDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2018 15.00 - 18.30 TUESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2018 09.00 - 12.30 and 14.30 - 18.30 Room: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) A1G-3, Brussels
1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The draft agenda was e-mailed to Members on 14 November 2018 and is in the file for the meeting.
2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Chair draws attention to the following points:
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3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETINGS
27 September 2018 (PE629.382v01-00) 4 October 2018 (PE629.483v01-00) 10-11 October 2018 (PE629.387v01-00) 18 October 2018 (PE629.581v01-00) 25 October 2018 (PE629.592v01-00)
PV\1177047PL.docx 19/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL MONDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2018 15.00 - 18.30 PUBLIC MEETING
4. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONT/8/14083
Discharge Hearing with Corina Creţu, Commissioner responsible for Regional Policy, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Tony Murphy
Rapporteur: 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), Marco Valli (EFDD), Jean-François Jalkh (ENF)
Regional policy is part of chapter 6 in the European Court of Auditors' Annual Report entitled "Economic, social and territorial cohesion". The main policy instrument is the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
In 2017, payments reached EUR 26.6 billion, therefore, the Court audited the certified expenditure included in the 2014-2020 assurance packages and the expenditure underlying audit authorities’ final control reports for 2007- 2013. By March 2017 the Commission had received 50 assurance packages covering accounts with expenditure for 71 out of 419 OPs. In May 2017, it accepted accounts with expenditure from 17 Member States, covering 70 OPs and expenditure of only EUR 2,5 billion euros. This explains why the Court covered less expenditure than last year. Furthermore, around 48% of this amount concerned operations co-financed by the ESF/YEI. The Court has quantified the estimated level of error at 3,0%.
The documents of particular relevance for the hearing with Commissioner Creţu are:
– The ECA's 2017 Annual Report, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 6; – The Commission's follow-up report COM (2018)545 final; and – The respective Annual Activity Report of the Director General.
These documents are available on the CONT website.
In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the 47 written questions for this meeting were sent to the Commission on 8 November 2018 and emailed to Members on the same day. The answers from the Commission were sent to the Members on 15 November 2018.
It is proposed that the hearing with the Commissioner Creţu to proceed as follows:
PE634.840v01-00 20/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL Introduction by the Member of the European Court of Auditors, Tony Murphy, who will present the findings of the respective chapters of the Annual Report 2017; Commissioner Creţu will briefly reply to this introduction; CONT Rapporteur will put questions to the Commissioner and/or the Court; Other Members will question the Commissioner and/or the Court; Closing remarks by the CONT Rapporteur.
5. 2016 DISCHARGE: EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE (EASO) CONT/8/14983
Consideration of the motion for decision on closure of accounts
CONT Rapporteur: Bart Staes (Greens/EFA) Administrator: Cécile Bourgault
Shadow Rapporteurs: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP), Bogusław Liberadzki (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Dennis de Jong (GUE/GNL), Marco Valli (EFDD), Barbara Kappel (ENF)
On 24 October 2018, the EP refused to grant the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge for the financial year 2016.
Following such refusal, the EP's Rules of Procedure foresee that "a formal proposal to close the accounts for the year in question shall be submitted at a subsequent part-session" (Annex IV, Article 5 (2) (a)). As an accounting necessity, the decision on closure of accounts requires a positive decision.
The Rapporteur tabled a motion for decision to close the accounts of EASO. The motion for decision has been circulated to Members on 13 November 2018 and is published on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 28/11/2018 at 14.00 Vote CONT 13/12/2018 Adoption Plenary January 2019
6. ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ON THE CONTROL OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE EIB CONT/8/13880 - 2018/2151(INI)
Consideration of draft report
Rapporteur : Georgi Pirinski (S&D) Administrator: Olivier Sautière
Shadow Rapporteurs : Tamás Deutsch (EPP), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Indrek Tarand (Verts/ALE), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL), Marco Valli (EFDD)
Following the presentation and exchange of views on the 2017 EIB annual report held in CONT on 27 September 2018 in the presence of the Vice-President of the EIB, Mr Alexander Stubb, the Committee on Budgetary Control is drafting this year an annual own-initiative
report on ‘Control of the financial activities of the EIB’ focusing on results (2018/2151(INI)) for which Mr Georgi Pirinski was appointed Rapporteur.
PV\1177047PL.docx 21/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL The draft report raises a number of issues namely the role of the EIB for ensuring a value-adding strategic public investment in order to continue bridging recurrent investment gaps and reduce inequalities in the Union.
On the performance of EIB’s financial operations, the Rapporteur considers necessary to deepen the verification criteria of the level of EIB’s additionnality to better orient its funding while inviting the EIB to put forward evidences of sustainability of the its actions.
With regard to the EFSI development, the Rapporteur also draws attention on the room of improvement for broadening EFSI territorial distribution of funds, the need of a better synergy between EFSI and national promotional banks.
Finally, the Rapporteur calls for enhanced transparency both in EIB’s governing bodies and at operational level. He calls on the EIB to continue applying strong due diligence and to reinforce the link between EIB funding and tax good governance.
The Committee on International Trade (INTA) will deliver an opinion on this CONT report, the Rapporteur being Mr William (The Earl of) Dartmouth.
The draft report was sent to Members on 7 November 2018 and is available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 26/11/2018 at 14.00 Vote CONT 13/12/2018 Adoption Plenary January 2019
7. ECA SPECIAL REPORT 18/2018 (DISCHARGE 2017): IS THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE PREVENTIVE ARM OF THE STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT DELIVERED? CONT/8/14617
Presentation of the Special Report by, ECA Member by Neven Mates responsible
Rapporteur: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) Administrator: Philippe Godts
Shadow Rapporteurs: Andrey Novakov (EPP), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL)
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) is a set of rules designed to ensure that EU Member States pursue sound public finances and coordinate their fiscal policies, given that a fiscal crisis in one Member State could cause problems for others. The SGP consists of two parts: (1) the well-known “corrective arm” or Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP), which focuses on bringing the headline deficits below 3 % of GDP, and (2) the “preventive arm”, which requires Member States to bring their structural budget
balances (i.e. those excluding the effects of business cycles) into line with country-specific targets known as “Medium Term Objectives” (MTOs).
The Court regretted that the flexibility provisions introduced by the Commission were not limited to the crisis period. As a result, in the period of recovery and expansion (2014-2018), structural balances in several highly indebted countries have either diverged from their MTOs or converged to them at a slow pace that substantial
PE634.840v01-00 22/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL improvement ahead of the next recession is far from being assured. The Court also found that allowances for structural reforms did not correspond to the actual budget costs of these reforms, and that the Commission instead used them as an incentive.
The credibility of the preventive arm has been further eroded, according to the Court, by developments in the corrective arm, which has been implemented in such a way that its requirements can be fully met through cyclical recovery.
Finally, the Court found that the relevant country-specific recommendations adopted by the Council did not sufficiently explain the reasons for fiscal adjustments or the risks if Member States fail to meet them.
The Court recommended that: the Commission should address the issue of continuous deviations from the required adjustment path over several years; the Commission should ensure that medium-term budget objectives are reached within a reasonable period, with stricter rules for heavily indebted Member States; the reform allowance should only cover direct costs related to reforms, and the allowance for unusual events should likewise only cover directly related costs. The investment allowance should not allow increases in non-investment spending in the following years; the adjustments required under the corrective and preventive arm should be harmonised: Adjustments required under the corrective arm should not be less far-reaching than those required under the preventive arm; country-specific recommendations should contain explicit requirements, with a clearer explanation of their rationale and the risks of not-implementing them; the Commission should ensure that Member States’ stability and convergence programmes include more information on revenue and expenditure measures.
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 conclusions will be part of the 2017 discharge report.
PV\1177047PL.docx 23/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 8. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGAL PROVISIONS AND THE JOINT STATEMENT ENSURING THE PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OVER DECENTRALISED AGENCIES CONT/8/13392 - 2018/2114(INI)
Consideration of draft opinion to AFCO
Rapporteur: Dennis De Jong (GUE/NGL) Administrator: Cecile Bourgault
Shadow Rapporteurs: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP), Karin Kadenbach (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE)
Following the implementation of the Joint Statement on the decentralised agencies and the outcome of the interinstitutional Working Group, some unresolved issues still need to be addressed.
Mr De Jong calls on the Commission to submit without delay an evaluation of multiple locations of agencies as well as proposals for possible mergers of agencies or transfers of tasks to the Commission.
According to the Rapporteur, the provisions of the Joint Statement concerning the selection of a new seat for an agency should particularly be revised. Furthermore, Mr De Jong expresses concern about potential conflicts of interest that may arise for agencies that rely on fees.
The draft opinion is available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 22/11/2018 at 14.00 Vote CONT 22/01/2019 Adoption in main committee AFCO 20/02/2019 Adoption Plenary March I 2019
9. REVIEW OF STATUS OF THE COMMISSION’S REGISTER OF EXPERT GROUPS AND THEIR COMPOSITION CONT/8/14958 Presentation of the study
Rapporteur: Dennis De Jong (GUE/NGL) Administrator: Rudolfs Verdins (PolDep) and Philippe Godts (CONT)
Mr Roland Blomeyer will present the study which was carried out by Blomeyer & Sanz on the request of the CONT Committee.
This study aims to provide insight into the development of the European Commission’s system of Expert Groups, including the Register of Expert Groups, thus updating the European Parliament’s study ‘Composition of the Commission’s expert groups and the status of the register of expert groups’ (September 2015).
PE634.840v01-00 24/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL The study finds that the Commission’s revised Horizontal Rules, introduced in May 2016, triggered important improvements in terms of transparency, balance of interests and gender. Nevertheless, the authors of the study believe that there are possibilities to enhance the system, and make the following suggestions: - further strengthening balance of interests with a specific focus on the Expert Groups that continue to experience high degree of imbalance; - further enhance transparency of Expert Group deliberations; - remind Expert Groups about the requirement for gender balance; - for the Commission to report on the system and evaluate performance.
The authors also suggest conducting further research on specific types of Expert Group membership and the use of Expert Groups in general.
TUESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2018 9.00 - 12.30 PUBLIC MEETING
*** ELECTRONIC VOTING ***
10. ASSESSING HOW THE EU BUDGET IS USED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM CONT/8/13322 - 2018/2086(INI)
Adoption of draft report
Rapporteur: Brian Hayes (EPP) Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende
Shadow Rapporteurs: Gilles Pargneaux (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Bart Staes (Greens/ALE), Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL)
The draft report received 31 amendments and an opinion by the REGI committee. The amendments tabled seek the deletion of the reference to governance, the Member States' major competence in relation to its own public administration, the link to eGovernment, and to associate the public sector reform with EU funds use, particularly structural funds. It also encourages the cooperation with Member States more in a subsidiarity perspective.
The draft report and amendments are available in the CONT website.
PV\1177047PL.docx 25/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 11. ESTABLISHING, AS PART OF THE INTEGRATED BORDER MANAGEMENT FUND, THE INSTRUMENT FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR CUSTOMS CONTROL EQUIPMENT CONT/8/13762 - 2018/0258(COD)
Adoption of draft opinion to IMCO
Rapporteur: Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE) Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs: Claudia Schmidt (EPP), Caterina Chinnici (S&D), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
In his opinion, the Rapporteur believes that the new Customs Control Equipment instrument must be consistent with and exploit any synergies with other EU action programmes and funds with similar objectives in related fields, especially the Customs Program. Mr Ali proposes 13 amendments in that regard. Members of the Committee submitted additional 52 amendments in which they strive for more coherence between the national customs services, propose to shorten the reporting deadlines for some activities and ask for more quantitative and qualitative indicators.
The draft opinion and amendments are available in the CONT website.
12. ESTABLISHING THE 'CUSTOMS' PROGRAMME FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF CUSTOMS CONT/8/13985 - 2018/0232(COD)
Adoption of draft opinion to IMCO
Rapporteur : Wolf Klinz (ALDE) Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs: Claudia Schmidt (EPP), Arndt Kohn (S&D), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
The Rapporteur is of the opinion that the new Customs Programme must be coherent with other EU action programmes and funds in related fields such as the Fiscalis Programme, the EU anti-fraud Programme and Single Market Programme, as well as with the Internal Security fund and Instrument for Border Management and Visa, the Reform Support Programme, the Digital Europe Programme, the Connecting Europe Facility and the Own Resources decision, implementing regulations and measures. Mr Klinz proposes 13 amendments in that regard.
The Members of the Committee submitted additional 47 amendments which ask for greater simplicity, involving academics as external experts, more IT collaboration between Member States.
The draft opinion and amendments are available in the CONT website.
PE634.840v01-00 26/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 13. PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL AMENDING REGULATIONS (EU) NO 1308/2013 ESTABLISHING A COMMON ORGANISATION OF THE MARKETS IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, (EU) NO 1151/2012 ON QUALITY SCHEMES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FOODSTUFFS, (EU) NO 251/2014 ON THE DEFINITION, DESCRIPTION, PRESENTATION, LABELLING AND THE PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF AROMATISED WINE PRODUCTS, (EU) NO 228/2013 LAYING DOWN SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE OUTERMOST REGIONS OF THE UNION AND (EU) NO 229/2013 LAYING DOWN SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR AGRICULTURE IN FAVOUR OF THE SMALLER AEGEAN ISLANDS CONT/8/13989 - 2018/0218(COD)
Adoption of amendments to AGRI
Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts
Shadow Rapporteur: Karin Kadenbach (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)
The Commission proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021- 2027 (the MFF proposal) sets the budgetary framework and main orientations for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). On this basis, the Commission presents a set of 3 regulations laying down the legislative framework for the CAP in the period 2021-2027, in particular the proposals of CAP strategic plan regulation, CAP horizontal regulation and the present proposal: the amending proposal. These proposals provide for a date of application as of 1 January 2021 and are presented for a Union of 27 Member States.
The purpose of this proposal (the amending regulation) is to amend a limited number of provisions of CAP regulations in view of economic, environmental and societal evolutions experienced since their entry into force in 2014.
CONT Members have tabled 7 amendments; they mainly concern the objectives of the new CAP delivery model. The voting list will be circulated as soon as possible.
The amendments are available in the CONT website.
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PV\1177047PL.docx 27/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 14. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONT/8/14083
Discharge Hearing with Carlos Moedas, Commissioner responsible for Research, Science and Innovation, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Alex Brenninkmeijer
Rapporteur: 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), Marco Valli (EFDD), Jean-François Jalkh (ENF)
Research and Innovation falls under chapter 5 ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ in the European Court of Auditors (ECA) Annual Report 2017.
In 2017, payments of DG R&I reached EUR 3,2 billion. The Court's audit sample comprised 130 transactions and was designed to be representative of the full range of spending under this MFF sub-heading. It consisted of 91 transactions in research and innovation (53 under the FP7 and 38 under Horizon 2020) and 39 transactions under other programmes and activities, in 18 Member States and 5 non-member countries. The Court has quantified the estimated level of error at 4,2%.
The documents of particular relevance for the exchange of views with Commissioner Moedas are:
– The ECA's 2017 Annual Report, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 5; – The Commission's follow-up report COM (2018) 545 final and; – The respective Annual Activity Report of the Director General.
These documents are available on the CONT website.
In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the 48 written questions for this meeting were sent to the Commission on 8 November 2018 and emailed to Members on the same day. The answers from the Commission were sent to the Members on 15 November 2018.
It is proposed that the hearing with the Commissioner Moedas shall proceed as follows:
Introduction by the Member of the European Court of Auditors, who will present the findings of the respective chapters of the Annual Report 2016; Commissioner Moedas will briefly reply to this introduction; CONT Rapporteur will put questions to the Commissioner and/or the Court; Other Members will question the Commissioner and/or the Court; Closing remarks by the CONT Rapporteur.
PE634.840v01-00 28/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 15. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TREATY PROVISIONS ON PARLIAMENT’S POWER OF POLITICAL CONTROL OVER THE COMMISSION CONT/8/13389 -2018/2113(INI)
Consideration of draft opinion to AFCO
Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts
Shadow Rapporteurs: Georgi Pirinski (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
In his opinion, the Rapporteur points out that the discharge procedure has proved to be a powerful tool that has had an impact on: (i) the evolution of the EU’s budgetary system, (ii) the EU financial management, (iii) the shaping of the agenda setting and (iv) the way the EU policies are defined and implemented; whilst contributing to increasing the Parliament’s political leverage. Mr Zdechovský develops the two dimensions of the discharge procedure: compliance and performance and considers how to improve the political control over the Commission.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 04/12/2018 at 14.00 Adoption CONT 07/01/2019 Adoption in main committee AFCO 22/01/2019 Adoption in Plenary Plenary February 2019
The draft opinion is available on the CONT website.
16. ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S FINANCIAL INTERESTS- FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD CONT/8/13882 - 2018/2152(INI)
Consideration of draft report
Rapporteur: Marian-Jean Marinescu (EPP) Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs: Peter Niedermueller (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Benedek Jávor (VERTS/ALE), Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
As in previous years, the Committee on Budgetary Control decided to draw up a report on the Protection of the Union's financial interests. On 27 September Commissioner Oettinger presented the annual report of the Commission. In his presentation, Mr Marinescu put stress on the fact that in 2017, a total of 15 213 fraudulent and non-fraudulent irregularities were reported to the Commission, 20.8% fewer than in 2016. They involved approximatively EUR 2.58 billion, 8.6% down from previous year.
In his report, the Rapporteur: expresses his concern that intra-Community VAT fraud cases cost the Union EUR 50 billion annually;
PV\1177047PL.docx 29/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL notes the uneven distribution of irregularities linked to traditional own resources (TOR) among Member States, with Greece (7.17%), Spain (4.31%) and Hungary (3.35%) clearly above the EU average of 1.96% of the total TOR non-collected; notes with dismay that the average recovery rate for years 1989-2017 for cases reported as fraudulent is only 37%; notes that a significant amount of public investment is spent through public procurement (€2 trillion per year) and emphasises the benefits of e-procurement in fighting fraud; invites the Commission to continue its efforts in standardising the nomenclature of errors linked to expenditure; notes with concern that according to OLAF estimates, the illicit trade in cigarettes causes annual financial losses of over EUR 10 billion in the budgets of the Union and its Member State.;
The Commission’s Annual Report 2017 on the Protection of the EU's Financial Interests - Fight against fraud and the draft report are available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 26/11/2018 at 14.00 Adoption CONT 13/12/2018 Adoption in Plenary Plenary January 2019
17. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN MONETARY FUND CONT/8/13886 - 2017/0333R(APP)
Consideration of draft opinion to ECON
Rapporteur: Cătălin Sorin Ivan (NI) Administrator: Olivier Sautière
Shadow Rapporteurs: Brian Hayes (EPP), Inés Ayala Sender (S&D), Wolf Klinz (ALDE), Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL)
Established outside the Community framework by an intergovernmental treaty, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is a permanent rescue mechanism aimed at safeguarding the financial stability of the euro area. It was created at the height of the sovereign debt crisis in order to help governments which had lost, or were about to lose, access to financial markets.
It entered into force in October 2012, replacing several other ad-hoc rescue mechanisms. The ESM may use a number of financial stability instruments such as the issuance of bonds or other debt instruments in order to provide stability support to euro-area Member States experiencing severe funding problems. Help provided is subject to strict conditionality.
In a Parliament’s resolution of 12 June 2013 on ‘strengthening democracy in the future EMU’, the Parliament reiterated its longstanding demand that the ESM be integrated into the Community framework and be made accountable to Parliament.
On 1 March 2017, the European Commission presented a White Paper on the Future of Europe, which was followed by several reflection papers in the different domains of European policy-making. This draft opinion concerns the third Reflection Paper entitled ‘’Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union.
On 6 December 2017, the Commission set out a roadmap for deepening EMU, which comprised a proposal for a Council Regulation to create an EMF anchored in the Union legal framework. The tasks and the financial means
PE634.840v01-00 30/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL of the ESM would be transferred to the EMF, and other tasks could be added at a later stage (https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/initiatives/com-2017-827_en)
On 19 June 2018, President Macron and Chancellor Merkel agreed (Meseberg Declaration) on proposing to the other Member States to transform the ESM into an EMF.
The Rapporteur in his draft opinion welcomes the new set of measures proposed by the Commission to complete the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in line with Parliament’s longstanding position on the integration of the ESM into the EU legal framework while considering the use of the Community method in this proposal to be a strong driver for reinforcing the democratic legitimacy and to design a robust accountability framework with enhanced parliamentary oversight.
The Rapporteur also stresses that, as regards the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the European Court of Auditors does not currently have well-established audit rights and that there is no formal accountability to Parliament. He considers that, with regard to the public dimension and impact of the future EMF, assurance should be provided by public auditors, with the European Court of Auditors being given a clear role in the discharge procedure of the EMF in accordance with Article 287 of the TFEU. He therefore asks the Commission to include a clear provision that the European Court of Auditors is the external auditor of the EMF, with an explicit definition of its rights.
The draft opinion was sent to Members on 29 October 2018 and is available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event Body Date Deadline for tabling amendments CONT 21/11/2018 at 14.00 Adoption CONT 13/12/2018 Adoption in main committee ECON tbc Adoption in Plenary Plenary tbc
18. THE IMPLEMENTATION BY THE COMMISSION OF ARTICLE 61 OF THE NEW FINANCIAL REGULATION ON CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS IN MEMBER STATES CONT/8/14959 Exchange of views with representatives of the European Commission
Administrator: Philippe Godts
CONT Members will have the opportunity to exchange views with the Commission as to the interpretation and the implementation of the new provision inserted in the financial regulation concerning the conflict of interest.
TUESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2018 14.30 - 17.30 PUBLIC MEETING
19. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONT/8/14083
PV\1177047PL.docx 31/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL Discharge Hearing with Martin Selmayr , Secretary General of the European Commission, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Pietro Russo
Rapporteur: 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)
The Secretariat-General of the European Commission is one of the central services of the European Commission, facilitating its smooth and effective functioning and providing strategic direction.
It is the President’s department, at the service of the President, the College and the other Commission departments. It manages the collegial decision-making process and ensures the alignment of EU policies with the political priorities of the Commission. In agreement with the President, the Secretariat-General provides support to the Vice-Presidents in the performance of their role.
During the reporting year, the Secretary General was Mr Alexander Italianer. The College decided on 21 February 2018 to appoint Martin Selmayr as the new Secretary-General with effect from 1 March 2018, following the announcement of Mr Italianer’s retirement.
The Secretariat-General’s work in 2017 spanned the full range of the Commission’s activities, covering both the delivery of priority policies and the updating and strengthening of corporate policies in support of those priorities. In 2017, the Secretariat-General also contributed to the ongoing debate on the Future of Europe, launched by the Commission’s White Paper in March 2017.
In particular, the Secretariat-General helped coordinate the preparation of reflection papers on key topics of strategic interest for the future of the Union, including:
the future of EU finances, the social dimension of Europe, harnessing globalisation, the deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union, the future of European Defence.
PE634.840v01-00 32/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL The documents of particular relevance for the exchange of views as regards the 2017 Commission discharge are:
- The ECA's 2017 Annual Report, Chapters 1, 2 and 3. - The Commission's follow-up report COM (2018) 545 final - The Annual Activity Report of the Secretariat-General.
These documents are available on the CONT website.
In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the written questions for this meeting were sent to the Commission on 9 November 2017 and e-mailed to Members on the same day. The answers from the Commission were received on 15 November 2018 and emailed to Members on the same day.
20. STUDY ON EX-ANTE CONDITIONALITY IN ESI FUNDS STATE OF PLAY AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE FINANCIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUNDS CONT/8/ Presentation of the study
Rapporteur: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) Administrator: Rudolphs Verdins (PolDep) and Philippe Godts
Jorge Núñez Ferrer and Roberto Musmeci will present the study which was carried out by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) on the request of CONT Committee.
This study is a detailed analysis of progress in the fulfilment of all Ex-Ante Conditionalities in the Common Provision Regulation for European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds. It evaluates relevance, costs and benefits associated with fulfilment procedures and attempts to assess their impacts on implementation the ESI Funds. In particular, the study seeks to understand to what extent the conditionalities have been useful and if the costs of fulfilling them are proportional to the resulting benefits.
PV\1177047PL.docx 33/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL 21. ECA OPINION ON COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY FOR THE POST 2020 PERIOD CONT/8/14962 Presentation of the opinion by João Figueiredo, ECA Member responsible
Rapporteur: Joachim Zeller (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts
According to opinion 7/2018 published on 7 November 2018 by the European Court of Auditors, the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 falls short of the EU’s ambitions for a greener and more robust performance-based approach.
The auditors note that many of the proposed policy options are very similar to the current CAP. In particular, the largest part of the budget would continue to be direct payments to farmers, based on a given amount of hectares of land owned or used. However, this instrument is not appropriate for addressing many environmental concerns, nor is it the most efficient way of supporting viable income, note the auditors.
The proposal introduces key changes in the way that policy would be put into practice. There is a shift from an emphasis on compliance towards a focus on performance, which the auditors welcome. However, they consider that the proposal does not contain the necessary elements of an effective performance system. There will be fewer and less effective checks and audits, the auditors point out.
TUESDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2018 17.30 - 18.30 IN CAMERA
22. OLAF INVESTIGATIONS AND FRAUD PATTERNS IN BULGARIA CONT/8/14961 Exchange of views with Ville Itälä, Director-General of OLAF
Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
The Budgetary Control Committee has received a petition regarding fraud cases in Bulgaria. CONT Members will discuss jointly with OLAF on the follow up of these cases.
PE634.840v01-00 34/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 23. OLAF INVESTIGATION ON EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE (EASO) CONT/8/15019
Exchange of views with Ville Itälä, Director-General of OLAF
CONT Rapporteur: Bart Staes (Greens/EFA) Administrator: Cécile Bourgault
Shadow Rapporteurs: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP), Bogusław Liberadzki (S&D), Nedzhmi Ali (ALDE), Dennis de Jong (GUE/GNL), Marco Valli (EFDD), Barbara Kappel (ENF)
The Director General of OLAF will give an update on the investigation on EASO to the Members of the Budgetary Control
24. COORDINATORS’ MEETING
Meeting held in camera
25. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING PETI-JURI-CONT: EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH EMILY O'REILLY
On 21.11.2018, there will be a joint committee meeting with PETI-JURI- CONT to hold an exchange of views with the European Ombudsman on her recommendation in joint cases 488/2018/KR and 514/2018/KR on the European Commission's appointment of a new Secretary-General. The meeting is organised in a PETI committee slot.
Location: Brussels, meeting room: ASP 1G3 - from 14:30 to 15:30
PV\1177047PL.docx 35/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL CONT-AGRI JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON LEADER EXPERIENCES
On 22.11.2018, the Committees on Budgetary Control and on Rural Development will hold a joint public hearing on "Leader experiences - lessons learned and effectiveness of EU funds for rural development". The meeting is organised in an AGRI committee slot.
During CONT-AGRI joint public hearing, CONT Members will have the opportunity, in the presence of the Court of Auditors, the Commission and of experts, to discuss the following dimensions of the European rural development policy: • What indicators for rural development for monitoring and evaluation? The specific achievements of Leader. • Tracking overall inputs and outputs in rural development. How can we measure the added value of the Leader programme in the future? • The global impact of rural development programmes in rural areas • Local partnerships for rural development and innovation • Lessons from the past - how to improve LEADER in the future
Co-Rapporteurs: Ingebourg Gräßle (EPP) and Paolo de Catro (S&D)
Location : Brussels, meeting room: PHS 1A002 - 22/11/2018 from: 10.00 to 12.30
26. NEXT MEETINGS
26 November 2018, 15.00 – 18.30 (Brussels) 27 November 2018, 9.00 – 12.30 (Brussels) 3 December 2018, 15.00 – 18.30 (Brussels) 13 December 2018 (Strasbourg)
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PE634.840v01-00 36/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL NEWS FROM POLICY DEPARTMENT - BUDGETARY AFFAIRS POLICY DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS Recent publications CONT Proceedings of the Workshop on “How to better combat fraud? Follow up of the Commission’s anticorruption sharing programme” Proceedings of the Workshop on “The revision of OLAF Regulation in light of the future cooperation with EPPO” In-Depth Analysis “State Aid and EU funding: are they compatible?” Study “Ensuring high quality job creation from EU funding programmes: how can the best practice of Horizon 2020 be better integrated into other programmes (ESF, Youth Guarantee, Globalisation Fund)?”
BUDG In-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 publications CONT - Study “Review of status of the Commission’s register of expert groups and their composition” - 19 November 2018 pm - ASP1G3 - Study “Ex Ante Conditionality in ESI funds state of play and their potential impact on the Financial Implementation of the Funds” - 20 November 2018 pm - ASP1G3 - Study “EU-funded large-scale infrastructure: deficient project preparation and procurement processes?” - 26 November 2018
Forthcoming Events Joint AGRI/CONT Hearing “LEADER Experiences - lessons learned and effectiveness of EU funds for rural development” - 22 November 2018 – PHS1A002
CONTACTS Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs - [email protected] Policy Department Webpage: http://www.poldepnet.ep.parl.union.eu/poldept/cms/cache/offonce/poldepnet/poldep_d/poldepd_presentation
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Committee on Budgetary Control - The Secretariat -
COORDINATORS' MEETING
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
18.00-18.30
Brussels, Meeting room ASP 1G3
Summary of Recommendations
Items for decision
A. ECA special reports and other products - consequences of selection
On 10 October 2018, coordinators were invited to indicate their priorities based on their respective sectors and on the indicative timing of publication for ECA Special reports (and other products) to be integrated in the planning of CONT meetings following the d’Hondt list. A selection by political groups will have to be repeated in regular intervals based on updates of publication dates by ECA. The consequences of selecting priorities implies that a decision needs to be taken on the following points: 1. Production of working documents for Special reports which have not been selected as priorities:
a) no presentation in CONT and thereby no working document (non selected Special reports will not be part of the Commission discharge volume II, but will of course continue to serve as source of inspiration). In this case, it will not be necessary to nominate a rapporteur.
b) no presentation in CONT, but preparation of working document by the rapporteur; thereby the recommendations will be part of the Commission discharge volume II.
Decision: Coordinators decided to opt for option b.
PE634.840v01-00 38/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL 2. Non-priority reports - Presentation in other specialised committees
Specialised committees may wish to present non selected Special reports or other products irrespective of whether CONT intends to deal with them at a later stage or not.
Decision: Coordinators agreed that other specialised committees can present in their respective committee meetings special reports/other products that are not indicated as CONT priorities before they are presented in CONT.
3. Advanced copies of special reports
As per the decision of coordinators on 21 June 2017 and as part of the short presentation procedure, the advanced copy of each ECA report was forwarded to CONT coordinators to enable them to prepare for the short presentation of the reports.
Decision: Coordinators decided that the advance copy of each Special report should still be sent to coordinators despite of the discontinuation of the short presentation procedure.
B. Committees input to the ECA Work programme
The President of the Court of Auditors, Mr. Klaus-Heiner Lehne, will be invited to the CCC on 15 January 2019 with the view to receive the input by the parliamentary committees on possible topics for the special reports of the Court in its 2020 Work programme. CONT committee could therefore propose possible topics for those special reports. The coordinators may consult the ECA Work programme 2019 as well as the latest update of the indicative timetable of forthcoming ECA reports (see Annex I) for information.
Decision: Coordinators are invited to send their proposals to the Secretariat by 6 December 2018, 18.00.
C. CONT Mission to Slovakia - approval of draft programme
Coordinators received prior to the meeting the draft programme of the CONT mission to Slovakia scheduled to take place on 17-19 December 2018.
In relation to the draft programme, the S&D group highlighted that two of the proposed interlocutors of the June 2018 farmers protest are not farmers and proposed to enlarge the list of speakers of this item. The
PV\1177047PL.docx 39/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL same group also indicated that the president of the Kosice region manages only funding from the regional operational programme, but no agricultural subsidies. Some other interlocutors were proposed during the meeting. Decision: Coordinators approved the draft programme of the mission with the suggested changes/additions.
D. Discharge 2017 - Derogation on maximum length of text - timing of Plenary vote
Coordinators were informed that on 12 November 2018, the Bureau decided, upon the usual request of the Chair, to grant, “on an exceptional basis” the requested derogation from the Code of Conduct on Multilingualism for an additional 145 pages. The cost of the requested derogation is estimated at 80.874.- EUR to cover translation of these 145 pages in 23 languages. The Bureau requested however, as every year, that CONT must respect for the next discharge procedure the rules on the maximum length of documents and, if additional pages are necessary, to comply with the applicable procedure by first exhausting its annual quota and then submit a precisely quantified request for a derogation to the Bureau. With regard to the precise timing of the discharge in Plenary, the Secretariat is aware of discussions that the vote in Plenary might be advanced to the March I session. The Secretariat prepared a letter to be sent to the President and the Conference of Presidents in order to 1) highlight the importance and the visibility of the discharge procedure and 2) to underline the need for a solution to avoid the repetitive derogations on CONT’s core business.
Decision: Coordinators approved the draft letter and it was sent to the President.
E. Request for OLAF report with regards to the Fundamental Rights Agency
EFDD has received from a whistleblower some articles concerning a possible case of corruption at the FRA agency. The articles date back to April/May 2018 and April 2016 and describe the following situation:
“Now a professor at the Panteion University of Athens, he was a full-time judge at the court’s now defunct Civil Service Tribunal, a lower EU court, from 2005 to 2011. He earned £18,871 working for the FRA before returning to the court in 2013 as a stand-by judge.
PE634.840v01-00 40/43 PV\1177047PL.docx PL While serving as a stand-by judge to the Civil Service Tribunal, Mr Tagaras, who quit in July 2014, charged the FRA another £3,950 for advice, according to the OLAF report. When the alleged moonlighting was exposed, Mr Tagaras charged the FRA another £4,390 for advice on how best to challenge his accuser. Investigators branded this part of a “concerted effort” with the FRA to target the whistleblower.
In 2012, just weeks before Mr Tagaras started working for the FRA, the agency, which is tasked with ensuring basic standards of dignity in the EU, was strongly criticised for its heavy handed treatment of whistleblowing officials by the Civil Service Tribunal. The court described the agency’s internal investigation into one official, who refused to backdate contracts, as “vitiated by irregularities [and] illegalities". In 2015, the FRA was ordered by the court to reinstate another official who was sacked after. A separate OLAF document, dated December 2016, demanded disciplinary action against Mr Tagaras and two FRA functionaries. No such action appears to have been taken.”
Decision: Coordinators decided not to take further action, but to raise the point eventually as part of the discharge proceedings.
Items for information
F. CONT consultation on the proposed Internal Rules for the implementation of the new Financial Regulation by the European Parliament - letter to President Tajani
The new Financial Regulation 2018/1046 of 18 July 2018 (OJ L193 of 30.7.2018) entered into force on 2 August 2018. However, large parts regarding the implementation of the administrative appropriations of the Union institutions will have to be applied only as of 1 January 2019, in order to allow the administrations of the EU institutions to prepare the required adaptations of their internal rules. The European Parliament’s administration has prepared new Internal Rules for the Implementation of the EP’s budget which should be adopted by the Bureau at the latest in December 2018. On the basis of Rule 98 of Parliament’s Rules of procedure, the Bureau consults CONT before adoption of these Internal Rules. During their meeting on 10 October 2018 coordinators approved that the opinion shall be given by way of a letter. In this regard a draft letter from CONT chair, Ms Gräßle to President Tajani was submitted to coordinators by written procedure on 12 November 2018. The letter to President Tajani, as approved, was shared with the coordinators.
G. Council discharge - state of play
The Secretariat was informed that the Council will discuss a reply to the letter of CONT sent to the Council on 16 July 2018 in the Budget committee. Coreper might
PV\1177047PL.docx 41/43 PE634.840v01-00 PL decide to send the reply letter at the earliest on 5 December 2018. According to informal contacts, the Council might wish to suggest a further modification to point 5 of the Non-paper. A finalisation of the procedure of cooperation of the European Parliament and the Council on the annual discharge procedure might therefore still occur under the Romanian Council presidency. It might however also depend on the further follow- up in the European Parliament on the letter which was sent by the Chair to the President on 12 October 2018. With regard to the 2017 discharge invitations sent to the Council to reply to questions and to attend a hearing, the General Secretariat of the Council has informed the CONT secretariat on 15 November 2018 of the following: " While the Council recognizes progress in recent exchanges and contacts between the Parliament and the Council, a possible memorandum of understanding on the cooperation between the Parliament and the Council during the discharge procedure is still under discussion. Pending the outcome of those discussions, the Secretary-General of the Council is not in a position to reply to questions or to attend dedicated meetings." BUDG has put the item of the discussions on the Council discharge on the draft agenda of its next coordinators meeting on 21 November 2018. BUDG is concerned of possible consequences for the annual budgetary procedure of an agreement with the Council on discharge on the gentlemen's agreement between the EP and the Council.
H. Alleged EU funding linked to Palestinian terrorist activity
EPP Coordinator, Mr Sarvamaa would like to draw the attention of coordinators to an article published recently in Bild which linked EU funding to Palestinian terrorist activity.
The main message of the article is that millions of EU money are flowing into financing annuities to terrorists and their families. As similar issues have been raised in the CONT Committee in the past, EPP coordinator would like to propose this issue and possible actions to be discussed further in the next CONT Coordinators' meeting.
I. Documents received since last coordinators’ meeting - Annex II
J. Any other business
On behalf of CONT coordinator and rapporteur for the EASO discharge 2016 - Mr Bart Staes - Mr Javor requested written clarification on why the text to be voted in Plenary was changed without informing the Rapporteur.
K. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting:
January 2019 (date TBC)
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