title: Council Decision of 12 December 2014 adopting the Council’s position on the new draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015

text:
               20.12.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 461/13

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 12 December 2014
   adopting the Council’s position on the new draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015
   (2014/C 461/06)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and in particular Article 106a thereof,
   Whereas:

               —

               on 28 November 2014, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 (1),

               —

               the Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities’ own resources (2), and, on the expenditure side, with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3),

               —

               given the need to adopt a Council position on the new draft budget as soon as possible with a view to a budget being definitively adopted before the beginning of the financial year 2015, thus ensuring the continuity of the Union’s action, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of National Parliaments, as well as the ten-day period foreseen for placing the item on the Council’s provisional agenda laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1.

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Sole Article
   The Council’s position on the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 was adopted by the Council on 12 December 2014.
   The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

      Done at Brussels, 12 December 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         S. GIANNINI

      (1)  COM(2014) 723 final.

      (2)  OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.

      (3)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.


title: 2004/709/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 21 April 2004 concerning discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2002

text:
               21.4.2004

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 330/14

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 21 April 2004
   concerning discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2002
   (2004/709/EC)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0635/2003),
   having regard to the Council's recommendation of 9 March 2004 (C5-0140/2004),
   having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof, and to Council Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 of 22 July 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (3), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 93a of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0212/2004),

               1.

               Gives discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2002;

               2.

               Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The Secretary-General

         Julian PRIESTLEY

            The President

         Pat COX

      (1)  OJ C 319, 30.12.2003, p. 15.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.
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               21.4.2004

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 330/15

         RESOLUTION
   of the European Parliament containing the comments accompanying the decision on the discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2002
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2002, together with the Agency's replies (1) (C5-0635/2003),
   having regard to the Council's recommendation of 9 March 2004 (C5-0140/2004),
   having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof, and to Council Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 of 22 July 2003 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (3), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 93a of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (A5-0212/2004),

               A.

               whereas the European Court of Auditors (ECA) stated in its abovementioned report that it had obtained reasonable assurances that the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2002 are reliable and that the underlying transactions, taken as a whole, are legal and regular,

               B.

               whereas on 6 November 2003 Parliament gave discharge to the Director of the European Environment Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 2001 financial year and at the same time Parliament in its resolution (5), inter alia:

                           —

                           welcomed the Agency's efforts to improve the planning of its operational activities aimed at reducing the level of carry-overs and took the view that the carry-overs, mainly due to the contractual relation of the Agency with the Topic Centres, constituted a ‘systemic’ problem that called for stricter control of the implementation of contracts by such Centres; called also for the development of a harmonised approach among agencies, based on best practice, when dealing with such problems of a ‘systemic’ nature,

                           —

                           invited the Agency to implement appropriate measures for improving its system of filing and archiving with a view to complying with the requirement of having in its files all necessary supporting documentation,

                           —

                           expected the Agency to intensify its efforts in the area of interinstitutional cooperation on matters such as tendering procedures,

               1.

               Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial years 2002 and 2001;
               Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2002 and 2001

                           (1000 euro)

                           2002

                           2001

                              Revenue

                           Own revenue

                           Commission subsidies

                           18 749

                           18 342

                           Miscellaneous revenue

                           1 136

                           1 493

                           Financial revenue

                           198

                           369

                              Total revenue (a)

                              20 083

                              20 204

                              Expenditure

                              Staff — Title I of the budget

                           Payments

                           9 714

                           8 126

                           Appropriations carried over

                           1 018

                           735

                              Administration — Title II of the budget

                           Payments

                           2 054

                           1 423

                           Appropriations carried over

                           247

                           521

                              Operating activities — Title III of the budget

                           Payments

                           6 493

                           3 738

                           Appropriations carried over

                           5 611

                           6 856

                              Total expenditure (b)

                              25 137

                              21 399

                              Outturn for the financial year (a - b)
                               (6)

                              -5 054

                              -1 195

                           Balance carried over from the previous financial year

                           -3 274

                           -3 117

                           Appropriations carried over and cancelled

                           888

                           939

                           Sums for re-use from the previous financial year not used

                           8

                           86

                           Amounts refunded to the Commission

                           Exchange-rate differences

                           4

                           13

                              Balance for the financial year

                              -7 428

                              -3 274

         Implementation of the budget - Audit and control

               2.

               Notes the Agency's reply to the questionnaire concerning carry-overs and in particular its position concerning the multi-annual nature of several of its projects; invites the Agency therefore to explain further its analysis of the options offered by the new Financial Regulation, in particular the use of differentiated appropriations in the case of agreements with the European Topic Centres with a view to reducing carry-overs and better complying with the annuality principle;

               3.

               Welcomes the establishment by the Agency of an internal audit capability but stresses the importance of cooperation with the Commission's Internal Audit Service;

               4.

               Reiterates its call to the Agency to implement rapidly the measures needed to support the decentralised filing and archiving system with a view enabling the financial departments to better monitor the Agency's activities and programmes;

         Legality and regularity of the underlying transactions

               5.

               Is deeply concerned by the repeated criticism voiced by the ECA as regards the deficiencies in the documents supplied in support of requests for payments; expects the Agency to take swift action to remedy this problem and to report to Parliament's competent committee once the filing, archiving and mail registration system is up and running;

               6.

               Notes the Agency's undertaking given in the replies to the questionnaire that no further grant agreements with international bodies will be established in future and that they will be restricted to the specific context of the EEA Regulation and the new Financial Regulation;

               7.

               Notes also the Agency's clarification as regards facilities offered to the Royal Awards Foundation and in particular that the latter has paid, since 1 January 2003, the cost of the office which it occupies at the Agency's premises; notes also the Agency's intention to cease hosting the Foundation; expects nonetheless the Agency to take stock of the ECA's observations so as to avoid similar criticism being voiced again in the future;

         Horizontal points on the agencies and the Commission

      Implementing the new Financial Regulation - Internal audit and control

               8.

               Reiterates the position taken in its resolutions (7) accompanying the discharge given to the Agencies for 2001 as regards the implementation of the new Financial Regulation; invites the Commission and the Agencies to continue their cooperation, in particular in the areas of accounting, internal audit, management and control procedures, so as to ensure that a coherent harmonised framework for the functioning of the Agencies is established;

               9.

               Recalls that it expressed concern in the discharge resolution for 2001 concerning the lack of controls on the agencies carried out by the internal audit service of the Commission (IAS); expresses grave concern that such controls do not seem to have been carried out this year; asks the Commission and the IAS to explain the reasons for this and to provide data about the number of staff available to the Internal Auditor to carry out controls in the agencies; expects the Commission to indicate how it can guarantee that sufficient and correct controls are carried out in the satellite bodies, in particular the IAS.

               10.

               Stresses that it is essential that the agencies be required to submit to the investigative powers of OLAF under the same conditions as the institutions (8); invites the ECA to provide information, in time for adoption of the discharge resolution, on whether the Community bodies which acceded to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 (9) on internal investigations by OLAF did so in the same terms as those laid down in the annex to this Agreement;

         Financial Management

               11.

               Notes that in some of the Agencies' replies to the questionnaire concerning the way in which the recurrent problem of substantial carry-overs might be addressed, mention is made of the possibilities offered by the new Financial Regulation, which provides for the use of ‘differentiated appropriations’; invites the Agencies to better explain their analysis and to indicate in particular which of their activities of a multiannual nature might be financed by such appropriations;

               12.

               Invites the Commission to present its position on such a solution and, should it consider that this solution is not feasible, to outline alternatives allowing for a substantial reduction in carry-overs;

         Review of the agencies

               13.

               Stresses that, prior to any decision to set up an agency, the Commission must make a rigorous analysis of the need for and added value of the functions that the agency will perform, with an eye to the principles of subsidiarity, budgetary rigour and procedural simplification;

               14.

               Calls on the Commission to make a general study of activities currently carried out by various Community bodies that might overlap or serve the same goals, and to propose appropriate solutions, including the possible mergers of agencies;

               15.

               Is concerned by the fact that there is an imbalance between administrative and operational expenditure in many agencies, with administrative expenditure exceeding expenditure for operational purposes; calls therefore on the Commission and the agencies to set targets and a timetable to reduce the level of administrative expenditure as a proportion of total expenditure; notes that many agencies see opportunities in this regard, as listed in the questionnaire;

               16.

               With reference to the replies to the questionnaire on interinstitutional cooperation, encourages the agencies to improve cooperation between themselves in order to meet their needs in specific areas (for example, software development) and reduce costs, rather than adopt solutions which were initially designed for the purposes of the Commission but which often prove to be too cumbersome and complicated for the agencies' specific needs;

               17.

               Encourages the Agencies to organise and develop a close working relationship with the competent parliamentary committees; invites its standing committees with competence in the areas of activity of each of the Agencies to coordinate their action with the Committees of Budgets and Budgetary Control, with a view to ensuring efficient monitoring of the activity of the agencies;

         New sources of financing

               18.

               Welcomes the responses and ideas that emerged from the questionnaire concerning the possibilities of other sources of financing; notes that many current sources and proposals concern the letting of buildings and facilities and the sale of publications and information; realises that for reasons of independence, among other things, not all agencies are to accept additional financial sources; stresses the economies of scale and financial benefits of the participation of non-EU countries in the activities of certain Agencies; calls on the Commission and the Agencies to come forward with constructive proposals with regard to further development of new sources of additional financing, which would increase the level of self-financing;

               19.

               Welcomes the financial contributions of some Member States and regions to the agencies located on their area; considers it important for Council and the Commission to demand such contributions, especially when new agencies are set up;

         Harmonised operating framework

               20.

               Recalls its position (10) that the multitude of different forms in the existing agencies' structures was thought to be ‘neither transparent nor comprehensible, and, even bearing in mind the differences in tasks, not justified’; invites the Commission to conduct a review of all the existing agencies with a view to proposing, where appropriate, amendments to their basic instruments (11) so as to adapt them to the models that the future regulatory framework should encompass; instructs its competent committees to follow up this comprehensive review exercise, which should be conducted as soon as possible, and to take into consideration the horizontal issues mentioned in this discharge resolution;

               21.

               Invites the Commission to present appropriate proposals, aimed at creating such a harmonised framework for the agencies, prior to or at least in parallel with the presentation of the legislative proposals for the new agencies; insists that an interinstitutional agreement spelling out common guidelines is a pre-condition for creating the harmonised framework;

         Staff policy

               22.

               Notes that, as a result of the new Financial Regulation, the organigrams of the agencies are established by the budgetary authority; stresses the importance of this change for the agency discharge procedure in the years to come as regards checking application of the Staff Regulation in matters of recruitment, promotion policy, vacancy rates and recruitment policy;

               23.

               Notes that, in response to a questionnaire tabled in the course of the budgetary procedure for 2004, it was established that, on average, it took considerably fewer years to obtain promotion at several agencies than is the policy in the Commission, that vacancy rates were considerably higher compared to other institutions and that several of the requested new posts were not proposed at the lowest grade; considers that staff policy should form an important part of a review of the existing agencies;

               24.

               Considers that the staff policy of the agencies should comply with the Financial Regulation, the Staff Regulations and the best practice generally followed by the Institutions; considers that the Commission has been requested to give, before the 2005 budgetary procedure, guidelines concerning staff policy, notably the rate of vacant posts, the rate of promotions, the level of recruitment and the standard career profile;

               25.

               Recalls the principle that the agencies should as far as possible employ staff on temporary contracts, in order to maintain flexibility and efficiency;

               26.

               Is concerned about the serious anomalies detected in connection with the selection procedures of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, including: imprecise notice, incomplete selection committee minutes, criteria for assessing candidates not defined in advance (12); is very concerned that this might not be an isolated case but that Agencies in general might have difficulty in managing these rather complex procedures in a fair and transparent manner;

               27.

               Is of the opinion that selection procedures organised by agencies should meet the same standards as those organised by the European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) and that they should not be perceived as a backdoor for easy entry into the European civil service;

               28.

               Invites the Commission to make proposals in order to ensure that the Agencies benefit from appropriate support from the EPSO when organising selection procedures and that there is a mechanism in place to validate the outcome of such procedures externally before recruitment takes place.

      (1)  OJ C 319, 30.12.2003, p. 15.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

      (5)  OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 71.

      (6)  Calculated according to the principles of Article 15 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000 (OJ L 130, 31.5.2000, p. 8).

      (7)  OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, p. 83 and OJ L 333, 20.12.2003, p. 53 (point 18).

      (8)  Texts adopted, 13.1.2004, P5_TA(2004) 0015.

      (9)  OJ L 136, 31.5.1999, p. 15.

      (10)  P5_TA(2004) 0015 (paragraphs 13 and 14).

      (11)  P5_TA(2004) 0015 (paragraph 24).

      (12)  See paragraph 13 of the Court of Auditors' specific report for 2002 (p. 64).


title: 2014/554/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 3 April 2014 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section V — Court of Auditors

text:
               5.9.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 266/128

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 3 April 2014
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section V — Court of Auditors
   (2014/554/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

               —

               having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012 (1),

               —

               having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 (COM(2013) 570 – C7-0277/2013) (2),

               —

               having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on implementation of the budget for the financial year 2012, together with the institutions’ replies (3),

               —

               having regard to the statement of assurance (4) as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2012 pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

               —

               having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5), and in particular Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (6), and in particular Articles 164, 165 and 166 thereof,

               —

               having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

               —

               having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0212/2014),

               1.

               Grants the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors discharge in respect of the implementation of the Court of Auditors’ budget for the financial year 2012;

               2.

               Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Martin SCHULZ

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ L 56, 29.2.2012.

      (2)  OJ C 334, 15.11.2013, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ C 331, 14.11.2013, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ C 334, 15.11.2013, p. 122.

      (5)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (6)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.


title: Council Decision of 30 October 2015 renewing the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training

text:
               30.10.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               C 358/1

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 30 October 2015
   renewing the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
   (2015/C 358/01)
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975 establishing the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, and in particular Article 4 thereof (1),
   Having regard to the nominee submitted to the Council by the Commission as regards the employees' representatives,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               By its Decisions of 14 July 2015 (2) and of 14 September 2015 (3), the Council appointed the members of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the period from 18 September 2015 to 17 September 2018. However these Decisions did not include all of the members to be appointed,

         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The following person is hereby appointed member of the Governing Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the remainder of its term of office, which runs until 17 September 2018:
   REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EMPLOYEES' ORGANISATIONS:

               HUNGARY

               Mr László KOZÁK

         Article 2
   This Decision shall be published, for information, in the Official Journal of the European Union.

      Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         F. ETGEN

      (1)  OJ L 39, 13.2.1975, p. 1.

      (2)  OJ C 232, 16.7.2015, p. 2.

      (3)  OJ C 305, 16.9.2015, p. 2.


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2002/969/EC: Council Decision of 26 November 2002 on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol, laying down the trade arrangements for fish and fishery products, to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part

Official Journal L 335 , 12/12/2002 P. 0017 - 0028

Council Decisionof 26 November 2002on the conclusion of an Additional Protocol, laying down the trade arrangements for fish and fishery products, to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part(2002/969/EC)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 in conjunction with the first sentence of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2), thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Whereas:(1) It is desirable to complete by means of an Additional Protocol the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part(1), so as to provide for preferential conditions for the importation into the Community of fish and fishery products originating in the Republic of Bulgaria, and into the Republic of Bulgaria of fish and fishery products originating in the Community.(2) To that end a new Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for fish and fishery products should be added to the said Europe Agreement.(3) The Protocol should be approved,HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:Article 1The Additional Protocol laying down the trade arrangements for fish and fishery products to the Europe Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Bulgaria, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community.The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.Article 2The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to sign the Protocol in order to bind the Community.Done at Brussels, 26 November 2002.For the CouncilThe PresidentB. Bendtsen(1) OJ L 358, 31.12.1994, p. 3.


title: 2014/652/EU: Council Decision of 8 September 2014 appointing an Austrian member of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               9.9.2014

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 268/10

         COUNCIL DECISION
   of 8 September 2014
   appointing an Austrian member of the Committee of the Regions

      (2014/652/EU)

   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the Austrian Government,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU (1) and 2010/29/EU (2) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.

               (2)

               A member's seat has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Erwin MOHR.

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following is hereby appointed as member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2015:

               —

               Mr Hanspeter WAGNER, Bürgermeister der Gemeinde Breitenwang.

         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 8 September 2014.

            For the Council

            The President

         S. GOZI

      (1)  OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22.

      (2)  OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11.


title: 2011/612/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 May 2011 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009

text:
               27.9.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/246

         DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2011
   on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009
   (2011/612/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2009, together with the replies of the Joint Undertaking (1),
   having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 15 February 2011 (05894/2011 — C7-0051/2011),
   having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (3), and in particular Article 11(4) thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0128/2011),

               1.

               Grants the Executive Director of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2009;

               2.

               Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

               3.

               Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the Executive Director of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

            The President

         Jerzy BUZEK

            The Secretary-General

         Klaus WELLE

      (1)  OJ C 342, 16.12.2010, p. 7.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.
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               27.9.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 250/247

         RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   of 10 May 2011
   with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2009,
   having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2009, together with the replies of the Joint Undertaking (1),
   having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 15 February 2011 (05894/2011 — C7-0051/2011),
   having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 of 20 December 2007 setting up the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (3), and in particular Article 11(4) thereof,
   having regard to the Financial Rules of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking adopted by Decision of its Governing Board on 7 November 2008,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0128/2011),

               A.

               whereas the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular,

               B.

               whereas the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking was set up in December 2007 to accelerate the development, validation and demonstration of clean air transport technologies in the EU for earliest possible deployment,

               C.

               whereas the Joint Undertaking is in a start-up phase and had not yet fully established its internal control and financial reporting systems by the end of 2009,

      Implementation of the budget

               1.

               Notes that the Joint Undertaking final 2009 budget included commitment appropriations of EUR 91 000 000 and payment appropriations of EUR 60 000 000; further acknowledges that the utilisation rates for commitment and payment appropriations were 98 % and less than 1 %, respectively;

               2.

               Recognises that the Joint Undertaking is still in a start-up period; is concerned, nevertheless, that the research activities pre-financed by the Commission in 2008 on behalf of the Joint Undertaking were not fully implemented during 2009 and that, as a result of delays in the projects, only EUR 8 700 000 or 65 % of the EUR 13 600 000 pre-financing was used;

               3.

               Is particularly concerned that the adoption, structure and presentation of the approved budget of the Joint Undertaking for 2009 were not in line with Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 setting up the Joint Undertaking, or with the Financial Rules of the Joint Undertaking; urges, therefore, the Joint Undertaking to rapidly remedy this grave deficiency;

      Members’ contributions

               4.

               Calls on the Joint Undertaking to harmonise the presentation of members’ contributions in the accounts under the guidance of the Commission;

               5.

               Calls on the Joint Undertaking to further develop provisions on membership and co-financing and, in particular, on:

                           —

                           arrangements for the accession of new members,

                           —

                           in-kind contributions by members,

                           —

                           the terms and conditions under which the Joint Undertaking may audit the contributions of the members,

                           —

                           the conditions under which the Governing Board may approve co-financing;

      Internal control systems

               6.

               Urges the Joint Undertaking to complete the implementation of its internal controls and financial information system;

               7.

               Calls, in addition, on the Joint Undertaking to include in its Financial Rules a specific reference to the powers of the Internal Audit Service (IAS) as its Internal Auditor, on the basis of the provision set out in the framework Financial Regulation for the Community bodies;

               8.

               Considers, in particular, that the role of the IAS as Internal Auditor should be to advise the Joint Undertaking on how to deal with risks by issuing independent opinions on the quality of management and control systems and by issuing recommendations for improving the conditions of implementation of operations and for promoting sound financial management; considers it to be also essential that the Joint Undertaking submit to the discharge authority a report drawn up by its director summarising the number and the type of internal audits conducted by the Internal Auditor, the recommendations made and the actions taken regarding these recommendations;

               9.

               Is of the opinion that, in view of the size of its budget and the complexity of its tasks, the Joint Undertaking should establish an audit committee, reporting directly to the Governing Board;

      Lack of host agreement

               10.

               Urges the Joint Undertaking to rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to the Joint Undertaking as provided by Regulation (EC) No 71/2008.

      (1)  OJ C 342, 16.12.2010, p. 7.

      (2)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

      (3)  OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 1.

      (4)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.


title: Council Decision 2011/859/CFSP of 19 December 2011 amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar

text:
               21.12.2011

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 338/55

         COUNCIL DECISION 2011/859/CFSP
   of 19 December 2011
   amending Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,
   Having regard to Council Decision 2010/232/CFSP of 26 April 2010 renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar (1), and in particular Article 14 thereof,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 26 April 2010, the Council adopted Decision 2010/232/CFSP renewing restrictive measures against Burma/Myanmar.

               (2)

               The information relating to one entity on the list in Annex I to Decision 2010/232/CFSP should be updated.

               (3)

               Annex I to Decision 2010/232/CFSP should be amended accordingly,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   In Annex I to Decision 2010/232/CFSP, the entry for Mayar (H.K) Ltd shall be replaced by the following:

                  ‘Mayar India Ltd (Yangon Branch)

                  37, Rm (703/4), Level (7), Alanpya Pagoda Rd, La Pyayt Wun Plaza, Dagon, Yangon.’

   Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 19 December 2011.

            For the Council

            The President

         M. KOROLEC

      (1)  OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 22.


title: Council Decision (EU) 2015/1509 of 4 September 2015 appointing an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions

text:
               10.9.2015

               EN

               Official Journal of the European Union

               L 236/7

         COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2015/1509
   of 4 September 2015
   appointing an Italian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions
   THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,
   Having regard to the proposal of the Italian Government,
   Whereas:

               (1)

               On 26 January, on 5 February and on 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116 (1), (EU) 2015/190 (2) and (EU) 2015/994 (3) appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020.

               (2)

               An alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Clodovaldo RUFFATO,

         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
   Article 1
   The following is hereby appointed as alternate member to the Committee of the Regions for the remainder of the current term of office, which runs until 25 January 2020:

               —

               Mr Eros BREGA, Consigliere della Regione Umbria

         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

      Done at Brussels, 4 September 2015.

            For the Council

            The President

         J. ASSELBORN

      (1)  OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42.

      (2)  OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25.

      (3)  OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70.