Επιτροπή Ελέγχου του Προϋπολογισμού

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1 ΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟ ΚΟΙΝΟΒΟΥΛΙΟ Επιτροπή Ελέγχου του Προϋπολογισμού CONT_PV(2015)0223_1 ΠΡΑΚΤΙΚΑ Συνεδρίαση της 23ης Φεβρουαρίου 2015, από τις έως τις 18.30, και της 24ης Φεβρουαρίου 2015, από τις έως τις και από τις έως τις ΒΡΥΞΕΛΛΕΣ Η συνεδρίαση αρχίζει την Δευτέρα 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2015, στις 15.05, υπό την προεδρία της Ingeborg Gräßle (προέδρου). 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2015, από τις έως τις Έγκριση της ημερήσιας διάταξης CONT_OJ v02-00 Η ημερήσια διάταξη εγκρίνεται. 2. Ανακοινώσεις της προέδρου Βλέπε το δελτίο CONT News, τεύχος 5 της 19ης Φεβρουαρίου 2015 που επισυνάπτεται στα παρόντα πρακτικά. 3. Έγκριση των πρακτικών των συνεδριάσεων στις: 8 Ιανουαρίου 2015 PV PE v Ιανουαρίου 2015 PV PE v Ιανουαρίου 2015 PV PE v01-00 Τα πρακτικά εγκρίνονται. 4. Απαλλαγές 2013: Παρουσίαση των συστάσεων του Συμβουλίου από τον Jānis Reirs, υπουργό Οικονομικών της Δημοκρατίας της Λετονίας (λετονική Προεδρία της ΕΕ), παρουσία του Carlos Moedas, μέλους της Ευρωπαϊκής PV\ doc PE v01-00 Eνωμένη στην πολυμορφία

2 Επιτροπής αρμοδίου για την Έρευνα, την Επιστήμη και την Καινοτομία CONT/8/02740 Εισηγήτρια: Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE) Στις 17 Ιανουαρίου 2015 το Συμβούλιο ECOFIN ενέκρινε τη θέση του σχετικά με την απαλλαγή Το Συμβούλιο συστήνει τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής. Ο υπουργός Οικονομικών της Δημοκρατίας της Λετονίας, Jānis Reirs, αναπτύσσει τη θέση του Συμβουλίου εκπροσωπώντας την Προεδρία του Συμβουλίου. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Inés Ayala Sender, Ingeborg Gräße, Carlos Moedas (Επίτροπος), Jānis Reirs (Προεδρία του Συμβουλίου), Petri Sarvamaa, Michael Theurer, Derek Vaughan. 5. Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή Τα σημεία 5 και 6 εξετάζονται από κοινού. 6. Ειδικές εκθέσεις του Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου σχετικά με την απαλλαγή της Επιτροπής για το 2013 Εισηγήτρια: Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE) Η εισηγήτρια, κ. Ingeborg Gräßle, παρουσιάζει τα βασικά πορίσματα του σχεδίου έκθεσής της για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στην Επιτροπή για το Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Η προθεσμία για την κατάθεση τροπολογιών ορίζεται για τις 5 Μαρτίου 2015, στις Ομιλητές: Christian Danielsson (Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή), Ingeborg Gräßle, Carlos Moedas (Επίτροπος), Gilles Pargneaux, Klaus Rudischhauser (Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή), Petri Sarvamaa. 7. Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης - 8ο, 9ο και 10ο ΕΤΑ CONT/8/01203 Εισηγήτρια: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE) Η εισηγήτρια, κ. Martina Dlabajová, παρουσιάζει τα βασικά πορίσματα του σχεδίου έκθεσής της για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στο ΕΤΑ για το Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Martina Dlabajová, Ingeborg Gräßle, Klaus Rudischhauser (Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή), Claudia Schmidt. 8. Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο CONT/8/01250 Εισηγητής: Gilles Pargneaux (S&D) Ο εισηγητής, κ. Gilles Pargneaux, τονίζει τα βασικά πορίσματα του σχεδίου PE v /52 PV\ doc

3 έκθεσής του για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Ingeborg Gräßle, Gilles Pargneaux, Markus Pieper, Petri Sarvamaa, Michael Theurer. Η συνεδρίαση διακόπτεται στις Η συνεδρίαση επαναλαμβάνεται την επόμενη ημέρα στις Φεβρουαρίου 2015, *** Ώρα ηλεκτρονικής ψηφοφορίας *** 9. Ετήσια έκθεση για το 2013 σχετικά με την προστασία των οικονομικών συμφερόντων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης Καταπολέμηση της απάτης CONT/8/01672 Εισηγητής: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) Το σχέδιο έκθεσης εγκρίνεται με τις ακόλουθες τροποποιήσεις με 27 ψήφους υπέρ, καμία κατά και καμία αποχή. Εγκριθείσες τροπολογίες: Συμβ. 1-10, Συμβ. 12, τροπολογίες 14-17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 (συμπεριλαμβανομένης της προφορικής τροπολογίας 8 ως προσθήκης), 27, 28, 29-36, 37 (στοιχείο γ)),38, 40-45, 53, 54, 57, 58, 65, 66, προφορική τροπολογία 9, προφορική τροπολογία 7, 71, 72, 74, 78, 80-82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 1-5, 7, REGI 1, 2, 8, LIBE 2, 4 (δεύτερο μέρος), 6, A, B. Απορριφθείσες τροπολογίες: 56, 59, 70, 73, 83, 6. Καταπίπτουσες τροπολογίες: 18, 19, 23, 26, 37 (σημεία α) and β)), 39, 46-52, 55, 60-64, 75-77, 79, 86, 89, 7-13, REGI 4-6, LIBE 1, 3, 4 (πρώτο μέρος), 7. Αποσυρθείσες τροπολογίες: COMP Ο τομέας των οπωροκηπευτικών μετά την μεταρρύθμιση του 2007 CONT/8/01726 Εισηγήτρια: Julia Pitera (PPE) Το σχέδιο έκθεσης εγκρίνεται με τις ακόλουθες τροποποιήσεις με 25 ψήφους υπέρ, 2 κατά και καμία αποχή. Εγκριθείσες τροπολογίες: 7, 11-14, 18-21, 23, 24, 1 (1ο μέρος), 3, 6. Απορριφθείσες τροπολογίες: 8, , 18-22, 25, 26, 1 (2ο μέρος), 4, Προοπτικές του γαλακτοκομικού τομέα της ΕΕ - επανεξέταση της εφαρμογής της δέσμης μέτρων για τα γαλακτοκομικά προϊόντα CONT/8/01719 PV\ doc 3/52 PE v01-00

4 Εισηγητής: Petri Sarvamaa (PPE) Το σχέδιο έκθεσης εγκρίνεται με τις ακόλουθες τροποποιήσεις με 26 ψήφους υπέρ, καμία κατά και μία αποχή. Εγκριθείσες τροπολογίες: 1, Απορριφθείσες τροπολογίες: 2-10, 15, 16. *** Λήξη της ηλεκτρονικής ψηφοφορίας *** 12. Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Συμβούλιο και Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός Προϋπολογισμός ΕΕ - Ευρωπαϊκή Υπηρεσία Εξωτερικής Δράσης CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Δικαστήριο της ΕΕ CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Οικονομική και Κοινωνική Επιτροπή CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός προϋπολογισμός ΕΕ - Επιτροπή Περιφερειών CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός Προϋπολογισμός της ΕΕ - Ευρωπαίος Διαμεσολαβητής CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γενικός Προϋπολογισμός ΕΕ - Ευρωπαίος Επόπτης Προστασίας Δεδομένων CONT/8/01195 Εισηγητής: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) Τα σημεία 12 έως 19 εξετάζονται από κοινού. Ο εισηγητής, κ. Ryszard Czarnecki, τονίζει τα βασικά πορίσματα του σχεδίου έκθεσής του για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στα άλλα όργανα. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Inés Ayala Sender, Ryszard Czarnecki, Tamás Deutsch, Jens Geier, Ingeborg Gräßle, Rina Ronja Kari, Vincent Guérend (EEAS) Η συνεδρίαση διακόπτεται στις Φεβρουαρίου 2015, (κεκλεισμένων των θυρών) 20. Συνεδρίαση των συντονιστών PE v /52 PV\ doc

5 Η περίληψη των συστάσεων των συντονιστών επισυνάπτεται στα παρόντα πρακτικά με τη μορφή με την οποία εστάλη στα μέλη της επιτροπής CONT στις 27 Φεβρουαρίου Οι συστάσεις των συντονιστών θεωρούνται εγκριθείσες από την επιτροπή. Η συνεδρίαση της επιτροπής LIBE επαναλαμβάνεται στις Φεβρουαρίου 2015, * * * 63. Προστασία των οικονομικών συμφερόντων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης: Έλεγχοι βάσει επιδόσεων στο πλαίσιο της Κοινής Γεωργικής Πολιτικής CONT/8/02280 Εισηγητής: Petri Sarvamaa (PPE) Ο εισηγητής, κ. Petri Sarvamaa, περιγράφει τα στοιχεία που σκοπεύει να θίξει στην έκθεση ιδίας πρωτοβουλίας σχετικά με τους ελέγχους βάσει επιδόσεων στο πλαίσιο της κοινής γεωργικής πολιτικής (ΚΓΠ). Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Edward Fennessy (Ευρωπαϊκό Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο), Ingeborg Gräßle, Rudolf Moegele (Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή), Petri Sarvamaa. 21. Έκθεση σχετικά με την απαλλαγή για την εκτέλεση του προϋπολογισμού των οργανισμών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης για το οικονομικό έτος 2013: επιδόσεις, οικονομική διαχείριση και έλεγχος CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Οργανισμός Συνεργασίας των Ρυθμιστικών Αρχών Ενέργειας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Υπηρεσία του Φορέα Ευρωπαϊκών Ρυθμιστικών Αρχών για τις Ηλεκτρονικές Επικοινωνίες (BEREC) CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Μεταφραστικό Κέντρο των Οργάνων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο για την Ανάπτυξη της Επαγγελματικής Κατάρτισης (CEDEFOP) CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Αστυνομική Ακαδημία CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Ασφάλειας της Αεροπορίας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Υπηρεσία Υποστήριξης για το Άσυλο CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Αρχή Τραπεζών CONT/8/01574 PV\ doc 5/52 PE v01-00

6 30. Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Πρόληψης και Ελέγχου Νόσων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Χημικών Προϊόντων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Περιβάλλοντος CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Υπηρεσία Ελέγχου της Αλιείας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Αρχή για την Ασφάλεια των Τροφίμων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο για την Ισότητα των Φύλων (EIGE) CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Αρχή Ασφαλίσεων και Επαγγελματικών Συντάξεων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό Ινστιτούτο Καινοτομίας και Τεχνολογίας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Φαρμάκων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Παρακολούθησης Ναρκωτικών και Τοξικομανίας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός για την Ασφάλεια στη Θάλασσα CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός για την Ασφάλεια Δικτύων και Πληροφοριών (ENISA) CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός Σιδηροδρόμων CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκή Αρχή Kινητών Aξιών και Aγορών CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό 'Ιδρυμα Επαγγελματικής Εκπαίδευσης CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός για την επιχειρησιακή διαχείριση των ευρείας κλίμακας συστημάτων πληροφορικής στον τομέα της ελευθερίας, ασφάλειας και δικαιοσύνης CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκός Οργανισμός για την Ασφάλεια και την Υγεία στην Εργασία CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Οργαvισμός Εφοδιασμού της Ευρατόμ CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ευρωπαϊκό 'Ιδρυμα για τη Βελτίωση των Συνθηκών Διαβιώσεως και Εργασίας CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: EUROJUST CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Eυρωπαϊκή Αστυνομική Υπηρεσία (Europol) PE v /52 PV\ doc

7 CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Οργανισμός Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: FRONTEX CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Εποπτική Αρχή του Ευρωπαϊκού GNSS CONT/8/01560 Εισηγητής: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) Τα σημεία 21 έως 53 εξετάζονται από κοινού. Ο εισηγητής, κ. Ryszard Czarnecki, συνοψίζει τα κυριότερα πορίσματα των σχεδίων έκθεσής του για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στους οργανισμούς. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Η προθεσμία για την κατάθεση τροπολογιών ορίζεται για τις 5 Μαρτίου 2015, στις Ομιλητές: Nedzhmi Ali, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ingeborg Gräßle, Benedek Jávor, Bernd Kölmel, Derek Vaughan, Tomáš Zdechovský, Morten Kjaerum (FRA), Martin Kern (EIT), Gil Arias (FRONTEX), Antoine Savary (Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, ΓΔ HOME). * * * 54. Απαλλαγή 2013: ARTEMIS - Ενσωματωμένα συστήματα υπολογιστών CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Clean Sky - Αεροναυτική και περιβάλλον CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Γνωμοδοτικό Συμβούλιο για την Ευρωπαϊκή Πρωτοβουλία στη Νανοηλεκτρονική - ENIAC CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Κυψέλες καυσίμου και υδρογόνου (FCH) CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: ΙΜΙ - Καινοτόμα Φάρμακα CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: Ενέργεια σύντηξης ITER CONT/8/ Απαλλαγή 2013: SESAR - Ασφάλεια της αεροναυτιλίας CONT/8/01576 Εισηγητής: Anders Primdahl Vistisen (ECR) Τα σημεία 54 έως 60 εξετάζονται από κοινού. Οι συνεισηγητές, κ.κ. Ryszard Czarnecki και Anders Primdahl Vistisen, παρουσιάζουν τα κυριότερα πορίσματα των σχεδίων έκθεσης του τελευταίου για τη χορήγηση απαλλαγής στους οργανισμούς. Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. PV\ doc 7/52 PE v01-00

8 Η προθεσμία για την κατάθεση τροπολογιών ορίζεται για τις 5 Μαρτίου 2015, στις Ομιλητές: Zigmantas Balčytis, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ingeborg Gräßle, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, Andrea Carignani di Novoli (Eυρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, ΓΔ RTD), Elmar Nimmesgern (Eυρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή, ΓΔ RTD) * * * 61. Πρόταση κανονισμού του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου και του Συμβουλίου για το Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Στρατηγικών Επενδύσεων και την τροποποίηση των κανονισμών (ΕΕ) αριθ. 1291/2013 και (ΕΕ) αριθ. 1316/2013 COM(2015)0010 Η επιτροπή CONT προβαίνει σε μια πρώτη ανταλλαγή απόψεων σχετικά με το περιεχόμενο και τις διαδικαστικές πτυχές της γνωμοδότησης της επιτροπής CONT για το Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Στρατηγικών Επενδύσεων (EFSI) με το οποίο η Επιτροπή προτίθεται να κινητοποιήσει 315 δισ. ευρώ για πρόσθετες επενδύσεις. Το σχέδιο γνωμοδότησης της επιτροπής CONT (εισηγητής: Michael Theurer) θα συζητηθεί στις 23 Μαρτίου Οι αρμόδιες επί της ουσίας επιτροπές ECON και BUDG προτίθενται να εγκρίνουν την έκθεση στις 20 Απριλίου Ομιλητές: Nedzhmi Ali, Ingeborg Gräßle, Λάζαρος Σ. Λαζάρου (μέλος του Ευρωπαϊκού Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου) 62. Ανταλλαγή απόψεων όσον αφορά την έκθεση με τίτλο «Πίσω από το πιθανότερο ποσοστό σφάλματος - Στατιστικές μέθοδοι που εφαρμόζονται στην δήλωση αξιοπιστίας του Ευρωπαϊκού Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου», παρουσία του Λαζάρου Σ. Λαζάρου, αρμόδιου μέλους του Ευρωπαϊκού Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου: Λάζαρος Σ. Λαζάρου CONT/8/02741 Το Ευρωπαϊκό Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο προβαίνει σε παρουσίαση της έκθεσης με τίτλο: «Πίσω από το πιθανότερο ποσοστό σφάλματος - Στατιστικές μέθοδοι που εφαρμόζονται στην δήλωση αξιοπιστίας του Ευρωπαϊκού Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου». Η παρουσίαση ακολουθείται από ανταλλαγή απόψεων. Ομιλητές: Ingeborg Gräßle, Λάζαρος Σ. Λαζάρου, (μέλος του Ευρωπαϊκού Ελεγκτικού Συνεδρίου), Peter Welch (Ευρωπαϊκό Ελεγκτικό Συνέδριο). 64. Καταπολέμηση, μέσω του ποινικού δικαίου, της απάτης εις βάρος των οικονομικών συμφερόντων της Ένωσης /0193 (COD) CONT/8/01132 Εισηγήτρια: Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE) Η πρόεδρος αναφέρεται στις τρέχουσες διοργανικές διαπραγματεύσεις σχετικά με τον φάκελο συναπόφασης. PE v /52 PV\ doc

9 Ομιλητές: Zigmantas Balčytis, Ingeborg Gräßle. Η πρόεδρος κηρύσσει τη λήξη της συνεδρίασης στις Διάφορα Ουδέν. 66. Προσεχείς συνεδριάσεις 23 Μαρτίου 2015, από τις έως τις (Βρυξέλλες) 24 Μαρτίου 2015, από τις 9.00 έως τις και από τις έως τις (Βρυξέλλες) PV\ doc 9/52 PE v01-00

10 ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/ LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DTAGARLISTA Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*) Ingeborg Gräßle (Chair), Derek Vaughan (1st Vice-Chair), Igor Šoltes (2nd Vice-Chair) (2), Martina Dlabajová (3 rd Vice-Chair), Dan Nica (4th Vice-Chair) Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Μέλη/Members/Députés/Zastupnici/Deputati/Deputāti/Nariai/ Képviselõk/Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter Nedzhmi Ali (2), Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Ryszard Czarnecki (2), Tamás Deutsch, Jens Geier, Dennis de Jong, Rina Ronja Kari (2), Bernd Kölmel (2), Bogusław Liberadzki (2), Verónica Lope Fontagné, Monica Luisa Macovei (2), Fulvio Martusciello, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Petri Sarvamaa, Claudia Schmidt, Bart Staes (2), Michael Theurer, Marco Valli (2), Derek Vaughan, Anders Primdahl Vistisen (2), Tomáš Zdechovský, Joachim Zeller (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 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (1), Benedek Jávor, Karin Kadenbach (2), Marian-Jean Marinescu (2), Andrey Novakov (2), Markus Pieper (1), Julia Pitera, Patricija Šulin 200 (2) Judith Sargentini (2) 206 (3) 53 (6) (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) (1) (2) PE v /52 PV\ doc

11 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 (*) Jānis Reirs, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Latvia (Latvian Presidency of the EU) Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Euroopa Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Komisija/Commissione/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*) Carlos Moedas (EU Commissioner responsible for Research, Science and Innovation), Christian Danielsson (Europan Commission), Rudolf Moegele (European Commission), Klaus Rudischhauser (European Commission), Andrea Carignani di Novoli (EC, DG RTD), Elmar Nimmesgern (EC, DG RTD), Antoine Savary (EC, DG HOME). 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: Lazaros S. Lazarou (ECA Member), Edward Fennessy, Peter Welch EEAS: Vincent Guérend, Director, EEAS MDR A, Finance and Corporate Support Decentralized Agencies: Morten Kjaerum, FRA Director and Chair of the EU Agencies Network, Gil Arias (FROTEX), Martin Kern (EIT Interim Director) 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 PV\ doc 11/52 PE v01-00

12 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 ALDE ECR Verts/ALE GUE/NGL EFDD NI Balázs Széchy, Jonas Kraft, Anna Owczarczak Maddalena Cremascoli, Codruta-Liliana Filip Dominykas Mordas, Jill Sevenants Peter O Broin, Kamila Wrzesinska, Juan Manuel Ghersinich Roccu Garoby, Robert Godina Maj Aslett-Rydbjerg Maria Barbara Gatto, Emiel Van Dijk 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 Paulina Boveington -Fauran 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 DG EXPO DG EPRS DG COMM DG PERS DG INLO DG TRAD DG INTE DG FINS DG ITEC DG SAFE Anne Vitrey, Niels Fischer Eszter Balàzs PE v /52 PV\ doc

13 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 Ulrich Rosslein 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 Carmen Castillo del Carpio, Mauro De Oliveira, Christian Ehlers, Philippe Godts, Tereza Pinto de Rezende, Olivier Sautière, Hrvoje Svetic, Michal Czaplicki Сътрудник/Asistente/Asistent/Assistent/Assistenz/Βοηθός/Assistant/Assistente/Palīgs/Padėjėjas/Asszisztens/Asystent/Pomočnik/ Avustaja/Assistenter Cinti Torrens Bermo * (P) = Председател/Presidente/Předseda/Formand/Vorsitzender/Esimees/Πρόεδρος/Chair(wo)man/Président/Predsjednik/Priekš sēdētājs/ 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/Képvise lő/ 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/Virka mies/ Tjänsteman PV\ doc 13/52 PE v01-00

14 Committee on Budgetary Control Result of roll-call votes of Table of Contents 1. Annual Report 2013 on the Protection of the EU's Financial Interests - Fight against fraud, CONT/8/ Georgi Pirinski (final vote)... page 2 Key to symbols: + (in favour), - (against), 0 (abstention). PE v /52 PV\ doc

15 1. Annual Report 2013 on the Protection of the EU's Financial Interests - Fight against fraud, CONT/8/ Georgi Pirinski (final vote) 27 + ALDE: Nedzhmi Ali, Martina Dlabajová, Michael Theurer ECR: Anders Primdahl Vistisen EFDD: Marco Valli GUE/NGL: Dennis de Jong, Rina Ronja Kari PPE: Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Fulvio Martusciello, Petri Sarvamaa, Tomáš Zdechovský S&D: Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Jens Geier, Karin Kadenbach, Dan Nica, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Julia Pitera, Patricija Šulin, Derek Vaughan Verts/ALE: Judith Sargentini, Bart Staes PV\ doc 15/52 PE v01-00

16 Committee on Budgetary Control Result of roll-call votes of Table of Contents 1. The fruit and vegetables sector since the 2007 reform 2014/2147(INI) G.Pitera (final vote)......page 2 Key to symbols: + (in favour), - (against), 0 (abstention). PE v /52 PV\ doc

17 1. The fruit and vegetables sector since the 2007 reform 2014/2147(INI) G.Pitera (final vote) 25 + ALDE: Nedzhmi Ali, Martina Dlabajová, Michael Theurer ECR: Ryszard Czarnecki, Anders Primdahl Vistisen EFDD: Marco Valli GUE/NGL: Rina Ronja Kari, Dennis de Jong PPE: Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Fulvio Martusciello, Julia Pitera, Petri Sarvamaa, Patricija Šulin, Tomáš Zdechovský S&D: Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Jens Geier, Karin Kadenbach, Dan Nica, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Derek Vaughan Verts/ALE: 2 - ALDE: ECR: EFDD: GUE/NGL: PPE: S&D: Verts/ALE: Judith Sargentini, Bart Staes 0 0 ALDE: ECR: EFDD: GUE/NGL: PPE: S&D: Verts/ALE: ROLL CALL FOR FINAL VOTE Members in favour 25 Members against 2 Members abstained 0 PV\ doc 1/52 PE v01-00

18 Committee on Budgetary Control Result of roll-call votes of Table of Contents 1. Prospects for the EU dairy sector - Review of the implementation of the Dairy package 2014/2146(INI) P. Sarvamaa (final vote)...page 2 Key to symbols: + (in favour), - (against), 0 (abstention). PE v /52 PV\ doc

19 1. Prospects for the EU dairy sector - Review of the implementation of the Dairy package 2014/2146(INI) P. Sarvamaa (final vote) 26 + ALDE: Nedzhmi Ali, Martina Dlabajová, Michael Theurer ECR: Ryszard Czarnecki, Anders Primdahl Vistisen EFDD: Marco Valli GUE/NGL: Rina Ronja Kari, Dennis de Jong PPE: Tamás Deutsch, Ingeborg Gräßle, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Fulvio Martusciello, Julia Pitera, Petri Sarvamaa, Patricija Šulin, Tomáš Zdechovský S&D: Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis, Jens Geier, Karin Kadenbach, Dan Nica, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Derek Vaughan Verts/ALE: Judith Sargentini, Bart Staes 0 - ALDE: ECR: EFDD: GUE/NGL: PPE: S&D: Verts/ALE: 1 0 ALDE: ECR: EFDD: GUE/NGL: Dennis de Jong PPE: S&D: Verts/ALE: ROLL CALL FOR FINAL VOTE Members in favour 26 Members against 0 Members abstained 1 PV\ doc 3/52 PE v01-00

20 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Committee on Budgetary Control - The Secretariat - COORDINATORS' MEETING Tuesday, 24 February h00-12h30 Altiero Spinelli - ASP A1G3 Brussels Summary of Recommendations ITEMS FOR DECISION A. Appointment procedure for a new Supervisory Committee (SC) of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) The Coordinators discussed the findings of the EP Legal Service opinion on the term of office of OLAF-SC members. All political groups regretted that the opinion arrived at the conclusion that also the term of office of the current chairman of the OLAF-SC, Tuomas Pöysti, would end on 23 January 2015 as he had established a good working relationship with OLAF and stakeholders. They expressed the wish to explore possible ways of letting Tuomas Pöysti continue to work in his current position. Furthermore, the chair pointed out that the legal services of the Parliament, the Council and the Commission would met in early March to discuss legal and procedural questions linked to appointment procedures for members of the OLAF-SC. The Chair offered to report back to coordinators about any progress achieved. B. Council Discharge 2013 The Coordinators decided to invite MEP Guy Verhofstadt - AFCO Rapporteur of an INI report on "Possible evolutions and adjustments of the current institutional PE v /52 PV\ doc

21 set up of the European Union" - to come to CONT in order to discuss how to update the Treaty (TFEU) in relation to the discharge procedure. The coordinators also decided to request the advice of the Legal Service about such a request, in view of possible amendments that CONT would be in a position to suggest to AFCO on this matter. Moreover, the coordinators decide to write a letter to the Latvian Presidency inviting the Council to inform about their discharge's recommendations concerning the budget managed by the "Other Institutions". Following the Latvian Presidency's reply to that letter, the Coordinators will consider to invite the Council's Secretary General for an exchange of views. C. CONT Opinions: CONT Opinion to BUDG On "Amendment of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years " - COM(2015)0015 final /0010(APP) Main Committee: BUDG Opinions: CONT, REGI, AGRI, LIBE Due to the consent procedure (no possibility of amendment) and the delays imposed by the BUDG handling of this file, the Coordinators decided to abstain from any action. CONT Opinion to ECON and BUDG On "European Fund for Strategic Investments" - COM(2015) /0009(COD) Main Committees: ECON, BUDG Associated committees: TRAN, ITRE (Rule 54) Opinions: CONT REGI, ENVI, CULT, EMPL, IMCO ("Rule 53+) The Coordinators decided to appoint Michal Theurer (ALDE) as rapporteur for opinion for this file. As regards the CONT calendar, given that according to the letter from M. Buzek to M. Schulz, the deadline for the opinion-giving committees to submit their opinions is set on 13 April at the latest, the timetable should be the following: 24/02 : first exchange of views 23/03 pm: consideration of the draft opinion 24/03 at 12.00: deadline for amendments 13/04: adoption of the draft opinion D. Appointment of rapporteurs for the 2014 discharge and the 2014 Annual Report on the Protection of the European Union's financial interests PV\ doc 5/52 PE v01-00

22 In order to start preparing the 2014 discharge procedures, the Coordinators were invited to provide the CONT Secretariat with the name of rapporteurs for each discharge. Discharge reports Financial Year 2014 Commission Parliament Other Institutions Agencies Joint Undertakings EDF ALDE Markus Pieper (EPP) Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) S&D EPP EPP As regards the 2014 Annual Report on the Protection of the European Union's financial interests, Benedek Jávor (Greens Group) has been appointed as rapporteur. E. CONT Delegations to Washington D.C. The Coordinators decided to: 1 Send the proposed letter to the Conference of Presidents providing more information on the delegation and requesting its approval; 2 Confirm the date of the delegation from 15 to 19 June 2015; 3 Maintain the request to the CoP that the delegation should work with interpretation; 4 Support a joint Chairmanship between the CONT Chair and Vice-Chair Vaughan. F. Hearing on "Cooperation and Verification mechanism with regard to Bulgaria and Romania" Date of the hearing: 14 April 2015 (am) Rapporteur: Monica Luisa Macovei (EPP) The Coordinators agreed to include in the programme the expertise from PE v /52 PV\ doc

23 Transparency International, which will reflect the situation "on the ground" and to accept the nomination by the political groups of other speakers. The Secretariat will submit to coordinators a new proposal to include those experts to be invited. G. Joint BUDG-CONT hearing on "the Lessons to inform improvement of the Protection of Own Resources of the EU" Date of the hearing: 5 May 2015 CONT Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender (S&D) BUDG Rapporteurs: Gérard Deprez (ALDE) y Janusz Lewandowski (PPE) Coordinators were invited to send to the CONT Secretariat any suggestions for specific issues and speakers/experts to be invited in order to take them into account during the preparatory work with BUDG committee. The Secretariat will send such suggestions to the rapporteur Inès Ayala Sender (S&D). The Coordinators took note that a study will be draft after the hearing taking into account the conclusions reached. H. Recent allegations of corruption within the EULEX Kosovo mission The Coordinators decided to send a letter to the EEAS in order to obtain an update on this issue. I. Working document on "Procedure and practices regarding the 2014 Commissioner Hearings" by Richard Corbett The Coordinators have been invited to send suggestions on the working document of Richard Corbett to the CONT Secretariat. J. Whistleblower - Alleged misuse of financial assistance from the EU to Urkraine The Coordinators decided to forward this letter to OLAF. Depending of the OLAF reply, the Coordinators will decide whether or not to send a letter to Mr Semeta (appointed as a "Business Ombudsman" in Ukraine, with a mandate including dealing with corruption). K. Project "Passante di Mestre" The Coordinators decided that Mr Valli and the EFDD group will coordinate the signing and sending of the letter to the EIB, and Members who wish to join the initiative will contact Mr Valli directly. PV\ doc 7/52 PE v01-00

24 L. Follow-up of the 2012 Commission discharge (request of OLAF document D/000955) The coordinators decided to ask the Data Protection Officer to give an opinion on the confidentiality requested by Commissioner Georgieva in her letter dated 4 February 2015 for reasons of transfer of personal data. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION M. Documents on referrals since the last meeting (Annex I) The Coordinators took note of the documents listed in Annex I to this Summary, together with the recommendations from the CONT Secretariat. N. Special Reports by the European Court of Auditors - indicative timetable for 2015 (Annex II) The Coordinators took note of the Special Reports listed in Annex II including the indicative timetable sent by the European Court of Auditors. The Political Groups have been invited to provide CONT Secretariat with the name of rapporteurs for each Special Report. O. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting 24 March 2015 in Brussels PE v /52 PV\ doc

25 ANNEX I ANNEX TO THE DRAFT AGENDA Coordinators' meeting Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 11h00-12h30 Room: Altiero Spinelli (ASP) 1G3 Subject Description/remarks Documents received relating to the 2013 discharge Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on EAGF expenditure - Early Warning System No 11-12/2014 COM(2015)0019 final accompanied by Annex I Secretariat proposal: will be taken into consideration in the 2013 discharge to the Commission for which Ingeborg Gräßle was appointed as rapporteur Documents received relating to the 2014 discharge Report from the Commission to the European parliament and the Council on Progress in Bulgaria under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism COM(2015)0036 final -SWD(2015)0009 final Report from the Commission to the European parliament and the Council on Progress in Romania under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism COM(2015)0035 final -SWD(2015)0008 final Secretariat proposal: will be taken into consideration in the 2014 discharge to the Commission for which ALDE Group is invited to appoint a rapporteur PV\ doc 9/52 PE v01-00

26 Subject Description/remarks 2013 discharge : ECA special reports Special Report No 19/2014 on "EU Pre-accession assistance to Serbia" Responsible: CONT Tamàs Deutch (EPP Group) was appointed as rapporteur for this report Special Report No 20/2014 on "Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been effective? Responsible: CONT Special Report No 21/2014 on "EU-funded airport infrastructures Responsible: CONT Zigmantas Balčytis (S&D Group) was appointed as rapporteur for this report Derek Vaughan (S&D Group) was appointed as rapporteur for this report 2014 discharge : ECA special reports Special Report No 22/2014 on "Achieving economy: keeping the costs of EU-financed rural development project grants under control Responsible: CONT Zigmantas Balčytis (S&D Group) was appointed as rapporteur for this report Other procedures Opinions Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Fund for Strategic Investments and amending Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 and (EU) No 1316/2013 COM(2015) /0009(COD) Responsible: ECON, BUDG Associated committees: TRAN, ITRE (Rule 54) Opinions: CONT REGI, ENVI, CULT, EMPL, IMCO ("Rule 53+) Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years together with the Annex I on Multiannual Financial Framework (EU-28) COM(2015)0015 final /0010 (APP) Responsible: BUDG Opinion: CONT, AGRI, REGI, LIBE See item C of the Coordinators' note Documents received for information Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A global Partnership for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development after 2015 COM(2015)0044 final together with Annex I In principle this document does not require a special follow-up by CONT and is indicated for information. PE v /52 PV\ doc

27 Annex II 2015 ECA Special Reports (by sectors) To be taken into consideration in the context of 2014 Discharge Sector 18 "Rural Development" (EAFRD), for which the S&D group is responsible Special Report 22/2014 "Achieving economy: keeping the costs of EUfinanced rural development project grants under control" Member of the ECA responsible: Kevin Cardiff This SR is published on ECA website Rapporteur: Zigmantas Balcytis (S&D) Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + consideration working document: 13/14 April 2015 Special Report 23/2014 "Errors in rural development spending: what are the causes, and how are they being addressed?" Member of the ECA responsible: Rasa Budbergyte This SR is published on ECA website Rapporteur: Miroslav Poche (S&D) Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 13/14 April or 4-5 May 2015 Special Report "Technical assistance: what contribution has it made to agriculture and rural development?" Member of the ECA responsible: Kersti Kaljulaid Publication planned for May 2015 Rapporteur: Karin Kadenbach (S&D) Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: June 2015 Special Report on "Financial engineering instruments" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To examine whether the financial engineering instruments in rural development are on the right track and in particular, whether practical experience confirms their expected advantages. ECA Member responsible: Kersti Kaljulaid Publication planned for May 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: June 2015 Special Report on "Rural development training and advisory measures" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether management and control systems are in place to deliver rural development knowledge transfer and advisory measures effectively. ECA Member responsible: Jan Kinšt Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 PV\ doc 11/52 PE v01-00

28 Special Report on "Non-productive investments (Measure 216) in rural development" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To examine whether non-productive investments provide a cost-effective contribution to achieving the environmental objectives of the rural development policy. ECA Member responsible: Jan Kinšt Publication planned for December 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: January 2016 Sector 28 "Environment, climate action, health and nuclear safety", for which the EPP group is responsible Special Report 24/2014 "Is EU support for preventing and restoring damage to forests caused by fire and natural disasters well managed?" Member of the ECA responsible: Nikolaos Milionis Publication planned for 24 February Rapporteur: Joachim Zeller (EPP) Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 13/14 April or 4-5 May 2015 Special Report on "The integrity and implementation of the EU ETS" Objective/area of the audit task: To examine whether the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is managed adequately and, in particular, whether there is an appropriate framework for protecting the integrity of the scheme and whether the system has been correctly implemented. ECA Member responsible: Kevin Cardiff Publication planned for April 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: June 2015 Special Report on "Danube river basin I: Waste water treatment plants" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess the effectiveness of waste water treatment plants. In particular, it will focus on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and the Directive on the use of sludge. ECA Member responsible: George Pufan Publication planned for June 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: July 2015 Special Report on "Danube river basin II: Quality of water plants" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess the quality of water in the Danube river basin in an integrated way, on the basis of the Water Framework Directive. ECA Member responsible: George Pufan Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 Special Report on "Tropical forests including FLEGT" (provisional title) PE v /52 PV\ doc

29 Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the Commission managed well the support provided under the EU FLEGT Action Plan to timber-producing countries to address illegal logging. ECA Member responsible: Karel Pinxten Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 7 December 2015 Sector 27 "Energy & Transport", for which the EPP group is responsible Special Report 1/2015 "Inland Waterway Transport in Europe: No significant improvements in modal share and navigability conditions since 2001" Member of the ECA responsible is: Iliana Ivanova Publication planned for March 2015 Rapporteur: Novakov Andrey (EPP) Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 4-5 May 2015 Special Report on "Security of energy supply" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the security of energy supply has been effectively improved by EU internal energy market policy measures and spending on energy interconnectors and storage infrastructure. ECA Member responsible: Phil Wynn Pwen Publication planned for December 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: January 2016 Sector 22 "European Social Fund" (ESF), for which the S&D group is responsible Special Report on "EU Youth Guarantee: first steps taken but implementation risks ahead" Objective/area of the audit task: The audit focuses on the Commission s actions to ensure a successful implementation of the Youth Guarantee. ECA Member responsible: Iliana Ivanova Publication planned for April 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: June 2015 Special Report on "Microfinance" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the EU microfinance instruments work efficiently and effectively and in particular whether they are successful in achieving inclusion. ECA Member responsible: Iliana Ivanova Publication planned for June 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: July 2015 Special Report on "Youth Action Teams" (provisional title) PV\ doc 13/52 PE v01-00

30 Objective/area of the audit task: The audit focuses on the Commission s management of the Youth Action Teams. ECA Member responsible: Iliana Ivanova Publication planned for September 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 15 October 2015 Sector 25 "Cohesion Fund" (CF), for which the S&D group is responsible Special Report on "Public procurement" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether appropriate actions were taken to address the problem of public procurement errors in Cohesion and their effectiveness in reducing the frequency and seriousness of errors. ECA Member responsible: Phil Wynn Pwen Publication planned for July 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: September 2015 Sector 4 "Instruments for financial assistance to Member States: European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM), European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and European Stability Mechanism (ESM)", for which the S&D group is responsible Special Report on "Management of the balance of payment assistance: Has the implementation of BOP and EFSM been managed appropriately by the Commission?" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To check if the financial assistance provided through BOP and EFSM was managed in a way which effectively contributed to the improvement of the economic situation of the MSs concerned. ECA Member responsible: Baudilio Tomé Muguruza Publication planned for September 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 15 October 2015 Sector 34 "General External relations matters: Common Foreign and Security Policy", for which the S&D group is responsible Special Report on "Common security and defence policy / EUPOL Afghanistan" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether EUPOL Afghanistan was well planned, implemented and coordinated and whether it achieved its intended objectives. ECA Member responsible: Hans Gustaf Wessberg Publication planned for September 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 15 October 2015 Sector 23 "European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) & PE v /52 PV\ doc

31 international fisheries agreements, for which the EPP group is responsible Special Report on "Fisheries Partnership Agreements" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the process of negotiating and subsequent implementation of FPAs is well managed by the Commission. ECA Member responsible: Jan Kinšt Publication planned for October 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 9 or 16 November 2015 Sector 35 "General external relations matters: European Initiative for Democracy & Human Rights", for which the EPP group is responsible Special Report on "Democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms Torture / death penalty " (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the promotion by the EIDHR of prevention of torture, rehabilitation of victims of torture and the abolition of death penalty is effective. ECA Member responsible: Klaus-Heiner Lehne Publication planned for October 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 9 or 16 November 2015 Sector 31 "Internal market and services", for which the ALDE group is responsible Special Report on "Effective monitoring and assisting by the Commission of the implementation of the Services Directive by Member States" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To check whether the Commission has ensured effective implementation of the Services Directive by Member States. ECA Member responsible: Neven Mates Publication planned for October 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 9 or 16 November 2015 Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 Sector 38 "Development aid (EDF) relations with ACP and DCI", for which the Greens/EFA group is responsible Special Report on "Renewable energy (Eastern Africa)" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the Commission made good use of the EU Energy Facility to promote access to renewable energy for the poor in Eastern Africa. ECA Member responsible: Klaus-Heiner Lehne Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working PV\ doc 15/52 PE v01-00

32 document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 Sector 40 "Phare, ISPA, SAPARD, IPA, ENI (Pre-accession aid and Neighbourhood Policy)", for which the EPP group is responsible Special Report on "Cooperation with third countries on migration and asylum" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the EU support to neighbourhood countries for migration, mobility, and asylum is well coordinated and effective. ECA Member responsible: Danièle Lamarque Publication planned for June 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: July 2015 Special Report on "EU assistance to Ukraine" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the Commission has managed budget support to Ukraine well in the area of public finance management and in the sector of energy. ECA Member responsible: Szabolcs Fazakas Publication planned for December 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: January 2016 Sector 6 "Financial instruments and banking activities, EIB, EIF, ECB", for which the EFDD group is responsible Special Report on "ECB Single Supervisory Mechanism" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess the set-up phase of the SSM. ECA Member responsible: Neven Mates Publication planned for December 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: January 2016 Special Report on "Audit of the reform of the regulatory and supervisory systems launched by the Commission to address the crisis in the financial sector: ESMA " (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To complement the ECA s audit on EBA by providing an assessment of the Commission s response to the regulatory and supervisory reform in other areas of the financial sector. ECA Member responsible: Neven Mates Publication planned for December 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: January 2016 To be attributed to the current discharge rapporteur (2013 Discharge - I. Gräßle) Special Report on "Consolidated follow-up of ECA s special reports 2014" (provisional title) PE v /52 PV\ doc

33 Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the Commission has taken necessary actions to adequately manage and follow-up the Court s recommendations. ECA Member responsible:... Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP) Plannification planned for late November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 This Special Report concerns the Special Reports normally included in the 2013 Commission discharge For decision of Coordinators Special Report on "Quality of Excessive Deficit Procedure and macro-economic data and effectiveness of the Commission s tighter surveillance of economic and fiscal policies" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the EDP is based on sound indicators, appropriate thresholds and reliable data and whether it is adequately implemented. ECA Member responsible: Milan Martin Cvikl Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 30 November or 1 December 2015 This Special Report concerns the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) agreement for which no sector exists. Special Report on "Greek Task Force; Was the Commission s intervention in the Greek financial crisis effective?" (provisional title) Objective/area of the audit task: To assess whether the Commission s intervention in the Greek financial crisis was effective and whether it increased the confidence of the financial markets in the EMU. ECA Member responsible: Baudilio Tomé Muguruza Publication planned for November 2015 Indicative timetable: Presentation SR + Consideration working document: 7 December 2015 This Special Report concerns the Economic Governance of the EU for which no sector exists PV\ doc 17/52 PE v01-00

34 MEETING MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY public meeting TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY and public meeting Altiero Spinelli 1G3 Follow CONT meeting on the web 1. AGENDA The draft agenda (in EN) was ed to Members on 10 February 2015 and is in the file for this meeting. CONT committee website Direct access to meeting documents 2. CHAIR S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chairman draws attention to the following points: LANGUAGES AVAILABLE FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, ES, FI, CS, HU, LT, LV, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO Voting cards emeeting The electronic voting system will be used for the vote scheduled during this meeting and Members are reminded to bring their electronic voting card. WEBSTREAMING The CONT meeting is webstreamed on the Europarl web-site. Please be aware that each time a speaker activates the microphone to make an intervention, the camera will be automatically directed to the speaker. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF CONT MEETING: The following minutes are published on the CONT website: PE v /52 PV\ doc

35 8 January 2015, which was ed to CONT Members on 17 February 2015, 19 January 2015, which was ed to CONT Members on 5 February 2015 and January 2015, which was ed to CONT Members on 17 February If no objections are received before the end of the meeting, the minutes will be deemed to be approved. Please be aware that the summary of the recommendations concerning the CONT Coordinators' meeting held on 21 January 2015 is attached to the corresponding minutes and were endorsed by the Committee by written procedure MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY public meeting Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP) DISCHARGES: PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS Administrator(s): Philippe Godts, Christian Ehlers & Michal Czaplicki Presentation of the Council recommendations by Jānis Reirs, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Latvia (Latvian Presidency of the EU), in the presence of the Member of the European Commission responsible for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas The draft Council recommendations were endorsed by COREPER on 5 February and will be voted on by ECOFIN on 17 February. They were sent to Members on 18 February and are published on the CONT website. The initial presentation of the Latvian Minister of Finance will be followed by an exchange of views with the Members of the committee. Commission discharge The Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union for the financial year Nevertheless, the Council regrets that for an important part of the transactions under shared management affected by error, national authorities had sufficient information to detect and correct the errors concerned. It calls upon the Commission to continue executing in full its supervisory role in order to ensure the maximum protection of the EU budget. PV\ doc 19/52 PE v01-00

36 The Council is disappointed about the recurrent increase in the error rate for most policies directly managed by the Commission; it is also particularly disappointed about the low disbursement rate of Financial Engineering Instruments observed at the end of 2012, in a situation of a considerable shortage of appropriations in the annual EU budget and asks the Commission to analyse the reasons for the delays and to take appropriate corrective measures As to the article TFEU 318 evaluation report, the Council considers that further progress needs to be made, particularly as regards reporting on the "Europe 2020" Strategy targets. The achievements of the EU policies should be presented clearly, including actions that did not yield the expected results. European Development Fund (EDF) With regards to activities funded by 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs for the financial year 2013, the Council notes that revenue and global commitments were free from material errors and that payments were materially affected by error with an increasing error rate compared to the previous years of 3.4%. Furthermore, the Council takes note of the positive developments e.g. the increase of recovered interest for pre-financing payments as well as the decrease in number of budget support related errors from 2011 to 2013 and welcomes the refinements made by the Commission with regard to the residual risk error rate (RER). The Council also welcomes the adoption by DG DEVCO in May 2013 of an action plan to address weaknesses identified in the control systems although further work is still required in certain important areas such as endorsing compliance with procurement rules by beneficiaries, promoting better document management among implementing partners and beneficiaries, enhancing the quality of expenditure verifications done by external auditors, continued attention to budget support transactions and completing the development of the Common Relex Information System (CRIS) system, among other. Lastly, the Commission is invited to continue regularly updating the Council in 2015 on the implementation of the Action Plan and to fully implement the Court of Auditors' previous recommendations at the earliest opportunity. Overall, the Council recommends that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations funded by 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs for the financial year Agencies The Council, in its draft recommendations, recommends granting discharge for all of the 32 decentralised agencies. The draft recommendations contain, moreover, the accompanying comments for 20 agencies which PE v /52 PV\ doc

37 focus on, inter alia, budgetary management and expenditure, procurement procedures as well as financial programming and monitoring of budget implementation. Joint undertakings The draft Council recommendations propose granting discharge to all of the seven joint undertakings. The Council observes that some deficiencies still persist as regards the joint undertakings internal control systems and notes that more efforts are needed in upgrading and making more efficient various components of the joint undertakings internal control systems. The Council is also of the opinion that grant-contract management, controls and verifications at different stages need to be further improved. MONDAY 23 FEBRUARY public meeting Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP) Administrator(s): Philippe Godts, Christian Ehlers & Michal Czaplicki Consideration of draft report, in the presence of the Member of the European Commission responsible for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 24/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II DISCHARGE 2013: EU GENERAL BUDGET - EUROPEAN COMMISSION 6. COURT OF AUDITORS SPECIAL REPORTS ON 2013 COMMISSION DISCHARGE The Rapporteur stresses the lack of reliability of the first level checks performed by the Member States in shared management and of the data communicated by them. As a result, the credibility of the Annual Activity Reports of the Director Generals and the Synthesis Report adopted by the College could be undermined. As a consequence of the reservations issued by the Director Generals of the DG AGRI and EMPL in their respective Annual Activity Reports, the rapporteur is of the opinion that the Parliament cannot politically ensure that the control procedures put in place by the Commission and the Member States give the necessary PV\ doc 21/52 PE v01-00

38 guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of all underlying transactions neither in agriculture and rural development nor in regional an social policy, as the Commission and Member States have demonstrated over the years a lack of commitment to sound financial management. These political reservations also indicate areas which require urgent and continuing attention with the view to obtaining lasting improvements. In addition, the Rapporteur issue a reservation concerning the way Member States Gross National Income (GNI) contributions have been calculated due to the deficiencies as regards the Commission's verification of data. She also stresses that the excessive duration of the verification cycle of GNI data used for own resources can lead to budgetary uncertainty. The English version of the 2013 Commission draft discharge report was sent to Members on 5 February. Other language versions will be available on the CONT website as soon as possible. Rapporteur: Martina Dlabajová (ALDE) 7. DISCHARGE 2013: EU GENERAL BUDGET - 8TH, 9TH AND 10TH EDFS Administrator: Olivier Sautière Consideration of draft report CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 24/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II 2015 In the course of the preparation of the European Development Fund (EDF) discharge report for 2013, the Committee submitted written questions to the Member of the European Commission responsible for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, on 21 November 2014, and to the Director General of the European Investment Bank for Operations outside the European Union, Jean Christophe Laloux, on 21 November CONT held an exchange of views with Commissioner Mimica on 11 December 2014, and with Mr Laloux on 2 December The Rapporteur, Ms Dlabajovà, recalled the need for EDF's actions to remain closely linked to strategic and political priorities and value for money principles particularly of economic and financial efficiency criteria and also emphasised the need to better identify activities where most errors and the highest level of vulnerability are. PE v /52 PV\ doc

39 As regards budget support, the Rapporteur insisted on the respect of strict eligibility conditions linked to the effective progress achieved by recipient countries while ensuring an appropriate policy dialogue and steady monitoring of reforms and programmes achieved by measuring real performance. On the EIB Investment Facility, the Rapporteur considered the results measurement framework as a useful tool to evaluate not only EIB added value but also in contributing to increasing the effectiveness of projects and to ensure consistency with Union priorities. The cooperation with international organisations is another key area for which a further level of approximation of oversight and governance systems has to be pursued. Separate chapters are also dedicated to blending activities where Parliament's scrutiny has to be reinforced and the Union support to Haiti wherein humanitarian and development aid have to be better articulated. The English draft report was sent to Members on 6 February All language versions of the draft report and the reference documents can be consulted on the CONT website. Rapporteur: Gilles Pargneaux (S&D) 8. DISCHARGE 2013: EU GENERAL BUDGET - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Administrator: Mauro de Oliveira Consideration of draft report CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 24/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II 2015 The European Parliament draft discharge report for the financial year 2013 is based on a wide range of information, which is available on the CONT website: Parliament's accounts for the financial year 2013, 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 2013, the follow-up report drawn up by the Administration in response to the previous year's discharge resolution, PV\ doc 23/52 PE v01-00

40 the questionnaire with the Secretary-General's replies ed to Members on 21 January 2015, and the exchange of views in CONT on 26 January with the Vice-Presidents responsible for budgetary affairs, the Secretary General, the Court of Auditors and the Internal Auditor of the European Parliament. The Rapporteur, Mr Pargneaux, will present his draft report on the Parliament's management during His draft report contains comments and recommendations based, inter alia, on the Court of Auditors and the Internal Auditors findings, as well as, the result of the extensive discussion process held with the Parliament s Authorising Officers. He commends that the Court of Auditors did not identify any serious weaknesses in respect of the topics audited for Parliament, but calls on the Court of Auditor s to further concentrate its analysis on the areas most prone to errors, namely non-compliance with procurement procedures, building related expenditure and the implementation of contracts. He emphasises that an external ex-post evaluation report of the communication strategy for the 2014 elections is expected by June 2015, and expresses doubt as to whether the multi-annual grants programme 2012 to 2014 represents Parliament's core competences and the tasks which stem from its legislative, budgetary and discharge prerogatives. The Rapporteur also voices concern in relation to the reimbursement of costs to visitor groups, highlighting that in % of the subsidies were paid in cash and only 27 % by bank transfer. He requests that the recent elected Bureau revisit the rules in force in order to abolish the option to make cash payments to visitor groups and to apply effective internal controls that mitigate the risk of possible overpayment. All language versions of the draft report will be available on the CONT website. TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY public meeting *** VOTING TIME *** Rapporteur: Georgi Pirinski (S&D) 9. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 ON THE PROTECTION OF THE EU'S FINANCIAL PE v /52 PV\ doc

41 INTERESTS - FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD Administrator: Michal Czaplicki Adoption of draft report Vote in plenary: March I On Monday 17 November 2014, CONT discussed the draft report on the Protection of the European Union's financial interests. The Rapporteur, Mr Pirinski, welcomed the Commission's report in which it outlined a broad range of legal and administrative measures taken since 2011 shaping a new landscape for the further enhancement of the policy for the protection of the financial interests of the Union. The Rapporteur believed that effective action against corruption is possible if criminal law measures are complemented by other measures such as better transparency and accountability. He insisted, therefore, that Member States demonstrate firm political will in countering corruption. The Rapporteur welcomed the establishment of antifraud coordination services (AFCOS) in Member States as bodies which facilitate effective cooperation and the exchange of information with OLAF, and welcomed the successful outcomes of numerous joint customs operations (JCO s) involving the cooperation of OLAF and Member States with various third-country services. The Rapporteur urged the Commission to revert to interruptions and suspensions of payments only as a last resort for preventing irregularities since such measures increase the risk of errors due to the reduced time frames required for the proper absorption of EU funds. He requested that the Commission report on the actual contribution from interruptions and suspensions of payments in reducing irregularities and errors. 89 amendments were received by the deadline of 28 November Two Committees - LIBE and REGI have issued opinions to be incorporated in the report. The draft report and the amendment are available in all languages on the CONT website. The final voting list has been sent to Members on 18 February PV\ doc 25/52 PE v01-00

42 Rapporteur for the opinion: Julia Pitera (EPP) 10. THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES SECTOR SINCE THE 2007 REFORM Administrator: Philippe Godts Adoption of draft opinion Main committee: AGRI CONT Timetable: Adoption in AGRI: 24/03/2015 Producer organisations became the cornerstone of the European Union regime for the fruit and vegetables sector in the 1996 reform. The 2007 reform aimed at strengthening producer organisations further; a wider range of tools was made available to enable them to prevent and manage market crises. In the opinion, Julia Pitera regrets in particular that the organisation rate remains low in several Member States, is worried that operational programmes appear to be contributing little or nothing to certain key objectives of the reform, deplores weaknesses in the setting up of national strategies, regrets that the Commission avoided reporting on the weaknesses in the control systems regarding producer organisations and operational programmes and points out that the Russian embargo and the programme for emergency market measures for perishable fruit and vegetables adopted by the Commission in the August/September 2014 crisis, confirm that the improvement of instruments for prevention and management of crisis is absolutely needed. The deadline for amendments was 27 January amendments were tabled. The draft opinion and the amendments are available in all languages on the CONT website. The voting list has been sent to Members on 19 February PE v /52 PV\ doc

43 Rapporteur for the opinion: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts Adoption of draft opinion CONT Timetable: Adoption in AGRI: 05/05/ PROSPECTS FOR THE EU DAIRY SECTOR - REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAIRY PACKAGE Article 225(b) of Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 provides that the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 30 June 2014 on the development of the market situation in the milk and milk products sector, assessing in particular the effects on milk producers and milk production in disadvantaged regions and covering potential incentives to encourage farmers to enter into joint production agreements, together with appropriate proposals. In the opinion, Petri Sarvamaa, stresses in particular that the price volatility issue is the main challenge faced by milk farmers; he notes in this regard that the recent Russian embargo on agricultural products has demonstrated that the regulatory framework for dealing with episodes of extreme market volatility should be reinforced and recommends that, in order to prevent further market instability, previous decisions on milk quotas should be maintained and the milk quota system should not be adjusted during the final year of the system. The deadline for amendments was 27 January amendments were tabled. The draft opinion and the amendments are available in all languages on the CONT website. The voting list has been sent to Members on 19 February Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) *** END OF VOTING TIME *** DISCHARGE OTHER INSTITUTIONS(ITEMS 12 TO 19) 12. COUNCIL AND EUROPEAN COUNCIL 13. EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE PV\ doc 27/52 PE v01-00

44 Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende & Olivier Sautière Consideration of draft reports 14. COURT OF JUSTICE 15. COURT OF AUDITORS 16. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 17. COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS 18. EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 23/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR The Other Institutions submitted documents with regard to the budget execution of the financial year The CONT Members submitted questions on 25 November to the Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor. Replies to the questionnaires were ed on 19 December to CONT Members. The Committee held an exchange of views with the Secretary Generals (or the Representatives) of the Institutions (except the Council) on the 8 January Replies to the 94 questions submitted to the EEAS were ed to CONT Members on 22 December The exchange of views with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms Federica Mogherini, was held on 26 January This meeting provided an opportunity to address a range of matters relating to the effectiveness of the EEAS, the reshuffle of top management, the regime of the Union special representatives and the development of instruments in the areas of human resources, administration as well as building management and logistics. The questionnaire addressed to the Council was replied to by an from a Council official on behalf of the Secretary General, stating that the European Parliament voted on 23 October 2014 on a resolution on the 2012 discharge where it pointed out that "Parliament and Council could make some progress setting up together a "modus vivendi" procedure with a list of documents to be exchanged in order to fulfil their respective roles in the discharge process." It also stated that the Council had suggested in the past the same procedure and the General Secretariat of Council actively supports a solution on those lines which respects the prerogatives of each institution under Article 319 of the Treaty. The Council's questionnaire on the financial year 2013 thus PE v /52 PV\ doc

45 remained unanswered. The Rapporteur prepared his draft reports based on the documents submitted, the exchange of views in Committee and the replies given by all the institutions except the Council to the questionnaires. As the Council continues not to reply to the questions submitted, the Rapporteur for the Council's discharge proposes again in the draft to postpone the discharge. Members received the original language version of the draft reports on 6 February Other language versions are available on the CONT website. The debate will take place in the order in which the institutions appear on the agenda. TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY Coordinators' meeting in camera Coordinators' 20. COORDINATORS MEETING Meeting held in camera TUESDAY 24 FEBRUARY Public meeting Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) Administrator: Hrvoje Svetic DISCHARGE AGENCIES (ITEMS 21 TO 53) 21. REPORT ON DISCHARGE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENCIES FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2013: PERFORMANCE, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL PV\ doc 29/52 PE v01-00

46 Consideration of draft reports CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 23/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR COOPERATION OF ENERGY REGULATORS 23. BODY OF EUROPEAN REGULATORS FOR ECTRONICS COMMUNICATIONS (BEREC) 24. TRANSLATION CENTRE FOR THE BODIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 25. EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR THE DEVOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING (CEDEFOP) 26. EUROPEAN POLICE COLLEGE 27. EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY 28. EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE 29. EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY 30. EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 31. EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY 32. EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY 33. EUROPEAN FISHERIES CONTROL AGENCY 34. EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY 35. EUROPEAN INSTITUTION FOR GENDER EQUALITY 36. EUROPEAN INSURANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS AUTHORITY 37. EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY 38. EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY 39. EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION 40. EUROPEAN MARITIME SAFETY AGENCY 41. EUROPEAN NETWORK AND INFORMATION SECURITY AGENCY 42. RAILWAY AGENCY 43. EUROPEAN SECURITIES AND MARKETS AUTHORITY PE v /52 PV\ doc

47 44. EUROPEAN TRAINING FOUNDATION 45. EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR THE OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF LARGE-SCALE IT SYSTEM IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE 46. EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK 47. EURATOM SUPPLY AGENCY 48. EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS 49. EUROJUST 50. EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICE EUROPOL 51. EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 52. FRONTEX 53. EUROPEAN GNSS SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY The number of decentralised agencies being subject to discharge has reached 32 for the financial year In addition to the draft reports on the decentralised agencies, the Rapporteur, Mr Ryszard Czarnecki, will present the draft report containing horizontal observations on the agencies. The draft reports are based on the European Court of Auditors' Annual Reports on the agencies, and the following documents containing information on the agencies' financial management for the 2013 financial year: Reports on the follow-up of the previous year's discharge resolutions, Reports on 2013 budgetary and financial management, 2013 internal audit summaries, 2013 annual activity reports, Agencies' answers to the written questions by the CONT Committee (sent to CONT Members on 15 January 2015), and PV\ doc 31/52 PE v01-00

48 Oral replies provided in the course of the CONT hearing of 20 January Out of the 32 decentralised agencies subject to the discharge procedure, the draft reports for two agencies, the European Institute for innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Boarders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX), notes that a qualified opinion was issued by the European Court of Auditors. The main issues identified at the EIT were the insufficient quality of ex ante and ex post verifications as well as irregular public procurement procedures. FRONTEX had issues with their ex ante verifications as well, but have introduced a new comprehensive ex ante verification system in June Since the majority of FRONTEX's 2013 transactions resulted from grant agreements signed before June 2013 the newly introduced verification system could not be audited. 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 and budget implementation. A high level of carry-overs is one of the most frequent issues identified as it is usually considered to be at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality. The reports note, however, that those issues often resulted, from events which were, completely or partly, beyond the agencies control, or were justified by the multi-annual nature of operations, procurement procedures or projects. With regard to the closer coordination between agencies, the draft reports note that the internal administrative processes were examined in line with the previous recommendations from the European Parliament. The agencies are making an effort in seeking synergies, exchange best practices and share services for their efficient operation and in order to make the most of their resources. The cooperation amongst agencies will intensify further in the coming years and enable them to continue to deliver on their objectives. The draft reports, the Court of Auditors' reports and other relevant information (including annual reports, final accounts etc.) can be found on the CONT website. The draft reports in English were ed to CONT Members on 6 February All language versions of the draft reports will be available on the CONT website. PE v /52 PV\ doc

49 Co-Rapporteurs: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) Anders Primdahl Vistisen (ECR) Administrator: Hrvoje Svetic Consideration of draft reports DISCHARGE JOINT UNDERTAKINGS (ITEMS 54 TO 60) CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 05/03/2015, Adoption in CONT: 23/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II ARTEMIS - EMBEDDED COMPUTING SYSTEMS Ryszard Czarnecki Co-rapporteur Anders Primdahl Vistisen Co-rapporteur For the financial year 2013, the seven Joint Undertakings (JUs) subject to the discharge procedure by the Parliament are the following: IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E. The Co-rapporteurs, Mr Czarnecki and Mr Vistisen, will present the draft reports which focus mostly on the issues identified during the financial year As noted in the draft reports, three JUs received a qualified opinion from the Court of Auditors, namely ARTEMIS and ENIAC which in 2014 merged together to form the new ECS JU, as well as IMI JU. The main issues identified as regards the ARTEMIS and ENIAC JUs related to their respective ex-post audit strategies not presenting sufficient assurance with respect to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. However, the new ECS JU resulting from the merger of ARTEMIS and ENIAC implemented in 2014 an action plan which aims to remedy the identified PV\ doc 33/52 PE v01-00

50 deficiencies. The basis for the qualified opinion of the IMI JU was the detected error rate being above the materiality threshold of 2 %, however the JU has taken specific measures to mitigate the risk of future errors. Moreover, reports drew attention, inter alia, to the risks to which the ITER-F4E JU was exposed, such as the risk of increase in relation to the contribution to the construction phase of the ITER project as well as the potential budget shortfall above the previously approved figure. In general, the reports focused on issues and efforts made by the JUs regarding monitoring and reporting, internal control systems as well as the implementation of the relevant parts of the new Financial Regulation into their respective financial rules. The draft reports, the Court of Auditors' reports and other relevant information (including annual reports, final accounts etc.) can be found on the CONT website. The draft reports in English were ed to CONT Members on 6 February All language versions of the draft report will be available on the CONT website. Administrator: Philippe Godts Exchange of views CONT Timetable: Consideration of draft opinion: 23/03/2015 Deadline for amendments: 24/03/2015 Adoption in CONT: 13/04/2015 Adoption in main committees ECON and BUDG: 20/04/2015 Plenary vote: June I PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND AMENDING REGULATIONS (EU) NO 1291/2013 AND (EU) NO 1316/2013 As a consequence of the economic and financial crisis, the level of investment in the EU has dropped by about 15% since its peak in In the absence of action, projections point towards an only partial rebound over the coming years. Economic recovery, job creation, long term growth and competitiveness are being hampered as a result. The President of the Commission identified this issue as a key policy challenge, as did the European Council on 18 December2014 and the Group of Twenty Leader's Summit on November The above-mentioned proposal creates the necessary legal framework and provides the budgetary allocations to mobilise 315 billion euro in additional investment over the next three years and to target initiatives to make sure that this extra investment meets the needs of the real economy. PE v /52 PV\ doc

51 At a meeting of the Conference of Committee Chairs of the European Parliament on 10 February 2015 the lead Committees ECON and BUDG agreed, in addition to the association of the ITRE and TRAN Committees under Rule 54, to associate under the so-called Rule 53 + the Committees whose remit is affected by certain provisions of the proposal, in particular CONT. The reinforced Rule 53 status will allow CONT to, notably, attende shadows meetings and trilogues organised by the Rapporteurs of the opinion-giving Committees as regards the negotiations relating to Article 14 of the Regulation. On this occasion of a first exchange of views, CONT Members will debate on the content and the procedural aspects of the proposal. Exchange of views in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Lazaros S. Lazarou and Peter Welch, Director of CEAD-B 62. EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON "BEHIND THE MOST LIKY ERROR RATE - STATISTICAL METHODS APPLIED FOR THE ECA STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE'', IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS RESPONSIBLE: LAZAROS S. LAZAROU The presentation will cover the ECA s use of statistical approaches to sampling. It will focus on transaction testing, will go behind the most likely error rate and will cover statistical methods applied for the ECA statement of assurance. Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts Exchange of views 63. PROTECTING THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FINANCIAL INTERESTS: TOWARDS PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTROLS OF COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY On this occasion of a first exchange of views, the Rapporteur will develop the main issues that he will address in his report, gather the views of his colleagues and explain the procedure and time schedule. PV\ doc 35/52 PE v01-00

52 Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP) Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende Reporting by the rapporteur on the ongoing interinstitutional negotiations 64. FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD TO THE UNION'S FINANCIAL INTERESTS BY MEANS OF CRIMINAL LAW /0193(COD) Following the Italian Presidency which impulse this file, Latvia has taken over the Council Presidency at the beginning of 2015 and continues to negotiation with the Parliament. Despite the supposed Council's lack of engagement with the file, the Commission and the Parliament maintain their interest in reaching an agreement which will tackle the remaining opened points such as the inclusion of VAT (Article 2), minimum/ maximum sanctions (Articles 7 and 8) and reporting (Article 18). NEXT MEETINGS (BRUSSS) Follow us on Twitter 23 March 2015, and 24 March 2015, and PE v /52 PV\ doc