Talousarvion valvontavaliokunta. PÖYTÄKIRJA Kokous 8. joulukuuta 2014 klo BRYSSEL

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1 EUROOPAN PARLAMENTTI Talousarvion valvontavaliokunta CONT_PV(2014)1208_1 PÖYTÄKIRJA Kokous 8. joulukuuta 2014 klo BRYSSEL Puheenjohtaja Ingeborg Gräßle avasi kokouksen maanantaina 8. joulukuuta 2014 klo Esityslistan hyväksyminen CONT_OJ v01-00 Esityslista hyväksyttiin. 2. Puheenjohtajan ilmoitukset Katso 8. joulukuuta 2014 julkaistu CONT News -tiedote nro 11, joka on tämän pöytäkirjan liitteenä. 3. Erityiskertomus nro 4/2014 (Vastuuvapaus 2013) EU:n vesipolitiikan tavoitteet on onnistuttu sisällyttämään yhteiseen maatalouspolitiikkaan vain osittain CONT/8/00509 Esittelijä: Karin Kadenbach (S&D) DT PE v01-00 Keskustelu ja työasiakirjan käsittely Euroopan tilintarkastustuomioistuimen asiasta vastaavan jäsenen Kevin Cardiffin läsnä ollessa Kohdan käsittelyä lykättiin. 4. Vastuuvapaus 2013: EU:n yleinen talousarvio komissio CONT/8/01478 Esittelijä: Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE) CONT-valiokunnan asiasta vastaava Derek Vaughan (S&D) varapuheenjohtaja: Keskustelu aluepolitiikasta vastaavan komission jäsenen Corina Crețun kanssa asiasta vastaavan tilintarkastustuomioistuimen jäsenen Ladislav Balkon läsnä ollessa PV\ doc PE v01-00 Moninaisuudessaan yhtenäinen

2 Puheenvuoron käyttivät: Derek Vaughan (asiasta vastaava varapuheenjohtaja), Ladislav Balko (Euroopan tilintarkastustuomioistuimen jäsen), Corina Creţu (aluepolitiikasta vastaava komission jäsen), Ingeborg Gräßle (puheenjohtaja), Lazaros S. Lazarou (Euroopan tilintarkastustuomioistuimen jäsen), Walter Deffaa, (alue- ja kaupunkipolitiikan pääosaston pääjohtaja), Bogusław Liberadzki, Martina Dlabajová, Igor Šoltes, Dennis de Jong, Georgi Pirinski, Martin Weber (Euroopan tilintarkastustuomioistuin, johtaja) 5. Unionin yleiseen talousarvioon sovellettavat varainhoitosäännöt CONT/8/00627 ***I 2014/0180(COD) COM(2014)0358 C8-0029/2014 Valmistelija: Tamás Deutsch (PPE) PA PE v01-00 Vastaava: BUDG Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE) Lausuntoluonnoksen käsittely Tarkistusten jättämisen määräaika: 17. joulukuuta 2014 klo Kohdan käsittelyä lykättiin. Puheenjohtaja päätti kokouksen klo * * * 8. joulukuuta 2014 klo Suljetuin ovin 6. Koordinaattoreiden kokous Kohdan käsittelyä lykättiin. 7. Muut asiat Ei ollut. 8. Seuraava kokous 11. joulukuuta 2014 klo (Bryssel) PE v /13 PV\ doc

3 ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/ LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JELENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/ LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/DELTAGARLISTA Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*) Ingeborg Gräßle (Chair), Derek Vaughan (1st Vice-Chair), Igor Šoltes (2nd Vice-Chair), Martina Dlabajová (3rd 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 Ryszard Czarnecki, Jens Geier, Bernd Kölmel, Bogusław Liberadzki, Verónica Lope Fontagné, Fulvio Martusciello, Gilles Pargneaux, Georgi Pirinski, Claudia Schmidt, Anders Primdahl Vistisen, Dennis de Jong Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Zamjenici/ Supplenti/Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantysnariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/supleanţi/náhradníci/ Namestniki/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter Patricija Šulin 200 (2) 206 (3) José Blanco López 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) PV\ doc 3/13 PE v01-00

4 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 (Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy) Walter Deffaa (Director - General, DG REGIO), Manfred Kraff (Deputy Director-General, DG BUDG) 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 European Court of Auditors Ladislav Balko (Member), Lazaros S. Lazarou (Member) Martin Weber (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 PE v /13 PV\ doc

5 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, Laure De Montagnac Maggie Coulthard, Codruta-Liliana Filip, Petros Koupegkos Dominykas Mordas Kamila Wrzesinska, Peter O'Broin Andreas Wehr Maria Barbara Gatto Кабинет на председателя/gabinete del Presidente/Kancelář předsedy/formandens Kabinet/Kabinett des Präsidenten/Presidendi kantselei/γραφείο Προέδρου/President's Office/Cabinet du Président/Ured predsjednika/gabinetto del Presidente/Priekšsēdētāja kabinets/pirmininko kabinetas/elnöki hivatal/kabinett tal-president/kabinet van de Voorzitter/Gabinet Przewodniczącego/Gabinete do Presidente/Cabinet Preşedinte/Kancelária predsedu/urad predsednika/puhemiehen kabinetti/talmannens kansli Кабинет на генералния секретар/gabinete del Secretario General/Kancelář generálního tajemníka/generalsekretærens Kabinet/ Kabinett des Generalsekretärs/Peasekretäri büroo/γραφείο Γενικού Γραμματέα/Secretary-General's Office/Cabinet du Secrétaire général/ured glavnog tajnika/gabinetto del Segretario generale/ģenerālsekretāra kabinets/generalinio sekretoriaus kabinetas/ Főtitkári hivatal/kabinett tas-segretarju Ġenerali/Kabinet van de secretaris-generaal/gabinet Sekretarza Generalnego/Gabinete do Secretário-Geral/Cabinet Secretar General/Kancelária generálneho tajomníka/urad generalnega sekretarja/pääsihteerin kabinetti/ Generalsekreterarens kansli 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 NS DG ITEC DG SAFE Anne Vitrey, Niels Fisher PV\ doc 5/13 PE v01-00

6 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 Rösslein 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/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 PE v /13 PV\ doc

7 MEETING MONDAY 8 DECEMBER public meeting Coordinators' meeting in camera (TBC) József Antall 4Q1 Follow CONT meeting on the web CONT committee website 1. AGENDA The draft agenda (in EN) was ed to Members on 27 November 2014 and is in the file for this meeting. Direct access to meeting documents 2. CHAIR S ANNOUNCEMENTS The Chairman draws attention to the following points: LANGUAGES AVAILABLE emeeting FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, DA, ES,, CS, HU, LT, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO Meeting documents: In light of the European Parliament's paperless project please bear in mind that only a very limited number of paper dossiers will be available in the meeting room. WEBSTREAMING The CONT meeting is webstreamed on the Europarl website. Please be aware that each time a speaker activates the microphone to make an intervention, the camera will be automatically directed to the speaker. PV\ doc 7/13 PE v01-00

8 MONDAY 8 DECEMBER public meeting Rapporteur: Karin Kadenbach (S&D) Administrator: Philippe Godts Exchange of views and consideration of a working document, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible, Kevin Cardiff CONT Timetable: Consideration of draft report on 2013 Commission Discharge - Part II - ECA Special Reports: 23/02/2015 Deadline for amendments: 03/03/2015 Adoption in CONT: 23/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II SPECIAL REPORT NO 4/2014 (2013 DISCHARGE) "INTEGRATION OF EU WATER POLICY OBJECTIVES WITH THE CAP: A PARTIAL SUCCESS" The overall audit question addressed by the European Court of Auditors was: Have the EU s water policy objectives been successfully integrated into the Common Agricultural Policy? The audit examined in particular whether the EU s water policy objectives were properly and effectively reflected in the CAP, both at strategy and implementation levels. This was done through an analysis of two instruments which are being used to integrate the EU s water policy objectives into the CAP: cross-compliance and the rural development fund. The Court concludes that the Commission and the Member States have only been partially successful in integrating the EU's water policy objectives into the CAP. This is due to a mismatch between ambitious policy objectives and the ability of the instruments used to effect change. The audit highlights weaknesses both in the design and application of cross compliance and in the use of rural development funding and points out delays and weaknesses in the implementation of the water framework directive. The Rapporteur insists on the fact that water policy is essential for long term well-being across the EU and must be a key element within EU sustainable development. A comprehensive and consistent approach is essential under the CAP to ensure full respect in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) at all levels, from river basin to farm. Partial replies have already been given by the Commission but high standards of evaluating and monitoring are required in the new funding period , with the adoption and use of better analytical tools where these are needed. The Commission has to play its mission of guardian of the Treaty in terms of the relevant legislation including the PE v /13 PV\ doc

9 WFD and the Nitrates Directive. The Rapporteur endorses the main recommendations issued by the Court and stresses in particular, that: at policy level, the Commission should propose to the EU legislator the necessary modifications to the current instruments (cross compliance and rural development) to ensure compliance with the WFD or, where appropriate, the introduction of new instruments capable of meeting the more ambitious goals with respect to the integration of water policy objectives into the CAP. the Member States should in compliance with the WFD: - address the weaknesses identified by the audit in their performance of cross compliance checks; - impose systematically the appropriate penalties in cases of infringement; - put more emphasis on identifying and addressing water-related problems through their Rural Development Programmes (RDP's) and ensuring they are consistent with their River Basin Management Plans (RBMP's); - devise and rigorously implement safeguard mechanisms to avoid negative side-effects on water activities financed by rural development; - more actively consider and promote the use of the funds earmarked for water-related issues in a way that is consistent with sound financial management. The Rapporteur's working document (EN) is available on the CONT website. Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP) CONT Vice-Chair responsible: Derek Vaughan (S&D) The Rapporteur's conclusions will form part of the Commission's discharge report for the financial year Amendments may be tabled in this context and the deadline will be the same as the Commission's discharge: 3 March DISCHARGE 2013: EU GENERAL BUDGET - EUROPEAN COMMISSION Der Administrator: Christian Ehlers Exchange of views with the Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy, Corina Creţu, in the presence of the Member of the European Court of PV\ doc 9/13 PE v01-00

10 Auditors responsible, Ladislav Balko Ingeborg Gräßle CONT Chair Derek Vaughan CONT Vice-Chair responsible CONT Timetable: Consideration of draft report on 2013 Commission Discharge: 23/02/2015 Deadline for amendments: 03/03/2015 Adoption in CONT: 23/03/2015 Plenary vote: April II 2015 On 5 November 2014 the European Court of Auditors (ECA) presented its Annual Report In chapter 5 (regional policy, transport and energy) the ECA examined 180 transactions from 19 Member States. The ECA estimates the most likely error rate to be 6,9%. The most common errors relate to non-compliance with EU and/or national public procurement rules when awarding contracts and to the funding of projects which are not eligible or which do not comply with EU state aid rules. A further risk is that beneficiaries declare costs which are ineligible according to the regulations and/or national eligibility rules. It is noteworthy that if national authorities had used the information available to them (for example, from the final beneficiaries, their auditors or from the national authorities' own checks) to prevent, detect and correct the errors before declaring the expenditure to the Commission the most likely error estimated for this chapter would have been 3 percentage points lower. The documents of particular relevance for the exchange of views as regards the 2013 Commission discharge are: - The ECA's 2013 Annual Report - Chapters 1 and 5. - The Commission's follow-up report COM (2014)607 final and SWD (2014) 285 and The respective Annual Activity Reports of the respective Directors General. These documents are available on the CONT website. For this meeting Members submitted 95 written questions. In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the written questions for this meeting were sent to the Commission on 26 November 2014 and e- mailed to Members on the same day. Members also received a revised version of the questionnaire on 1 December. The answers from the Commission should arrive on 4 December and will be ed to Members immediately. It is proposed that today's hearing with the Commissioner 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 2012, - Commissioner in charge will reply to this introduction, - CONT Rapporteur and the designated Member/Vice- Chair responsible for the hearing will put questions to PE v /13 PV\ doc

11 the Commissioner and the Court, - Other Members will question the Commissioner and/or the Court, - Closing remarks by the CONT Rapporteur. Rapporteur for the opinion: Tamás Deutsch (EPP) Administrator: Philippe Godts Consideration of draft opinion Main committee: BUDG CONT Timetable: Deadline for amendments: 17/12/2015 Adoption in CONT: 21/01/2015 Adoption in BUDG: 5/02/ NANCIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE UNION Following the adoption of the Directives on public procurement and on the award of concession contracts (2014/23 and 24 EU), provision should be made for the rules contained in these Directives to apply to contracts awarded by the European institutions on their own account. The modifications brought about to the text of the Financial Regulation (FR) can be classified into three main groups. The first set of changes is linked to the alignment with the Directive. The second set of changes concern the articles on exclusion. The grounds for exclusion of an economic operator from procurement procedures are clarified and aligned with the Directive as well as the possibility for the economic operator concerned to take remedial measures. Exclusion is clearly distinct from the rejection of an economic operator from a given procedure in order to avoid confusion. A single system is established to allow for increased protection of the Union's financial interests which takes into account the existing Central Exclusion Database. The aim of the system is to ensure the early detection and prevention of risk as well as the publication of information related to excluded economic operators. A panel is set up to take exclusion decisions after the analysis of a case and it guarantees the right of defence of economic operators. The third set of changes is linked to clarifications of the text and simplifications. CONT is particularly interested by the second set of changes. The Rapporteur for opinion welcomes in general those provisions aimed at better protecting the financial interests of the Union. He tables amendments in order to include "tax evasion" as an exclusion ground in public procurement procedures PV\ doc 11/13 PE v01-00

12 (amendment 4), to further define the composition and principle of the action of the panel (amendment 6) and an amendment concerning the files in indirect management (amendment 9). He introduces 4 amendments aiming at finding the best balance possible between the financial rules (FR) and its rules of application (RAP) in particular as regards the rights of defence (see amendments 1, 5, 7 and 8). He intends to introduce in the FR new provisions corresponding to the political agreement reached between the Commission, the Council and the Parliament on 29 May 2014 regarding the principle of a separate discharge for the Joint Undertakings (amendments 2 and 14). The Rapporteur also introduced 4 amendments aiming at making the ECA audit activity more efficient, providing more transparency to the IAS activity (amendments 3, 10, 11, 12) and one amendment on the Council discharge ( amendment 13). MONDAY 8 DECEMBER h00-18h30: Coordinators' meeting in camera (TBC) 6. COORDINATORS MEETING (TBC) Meeting held in camera Follow us on Twitter NEXT MEETING (BRUSSELS) 11 December 2014, PE v /13 PV\ doc

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