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• 2002/06/17 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Budget 2002/444
  • OJ L 158 17.06.2002, p. 0001
  • Budget 2002/445
  • OJ L 158 17.06.2002, p. 0023
• 2002/04/10 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
  • T5-0164/2002 summary

    By adopting the report by Mr John McCartin (PPE-DE, IRL) by 442 votes to 53, with 31 abstentions, the European Parliament fully endorses the position of the Committee on Budgetary Control (see summary for 26 March 2002) and grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2000. In the resolution annexed to the proposal for a decision granting discharge, Parliament supports the views of its lead committee and lays special emphasis on the particularly high budget surplus of EUR 11.6 billion, or 14% of the budget. Parliament regards the volume of this surplus as a failure on the part of the Commission. Parliament also endorses the position of the lead committee on other points, such as the limited effectiveness of the Commission's administrative machinery. The Commission's regulatory procedures and the system of checks must be strengthened, and budgetary priorities, particularly those defined by Parliament, must be respected. The same applies to procedures; Parliament believes that the administrative structure of the Union should be more strongly decentralised, the more so after enlargement. Contractual management procedures in particular should be given special attention, as should the procedures for granting Community subsidies. Like its Committee on Budgetary Control, Parliament notes that the complexity of Community rules makes control difficult and asks the Commission for a substantial increase in the number of clauses imposing time limits and for studies to assess the economic impact of Community aid. In particular, it makes a number of proposals designed to improve the system of control at the national level; one of these proposals is that each Member State should designate one single national ministry as the authority responsible for monitoring progress achieved by programmes financed from the Structural Funds. As regards regularity, combating fraud and protecting the Community's financial interests, Parliament recognises that the present system has to be strengthened. This applies especially to the whole question of export refunds (see the working document produced by the Committee on Budgetary Control and annexed to the McCartin report). The same also applies to the Member States' financial corrections, which keep increasing. Parliament explicitly asks the Commission to make proposals before the next discharge so that non-respect of the criteria by the paying agencies in the Member States can be properly sanctioned, particularly by the reduction of advances. Finally, Parliament reaffirms its full and unrestricted right of access to all documents in the framework of discharge procedure and announces that it will bring an action before the Court of Justice if the Council includes any provisions in the new Financial Regulation that are designed to restrict this right.

  • OJ C 127 29.05.2003, p. 0162-0527 E
• 2002/04/09 Debate in Parliament
• 2002/03/26 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A5-0103/2002
• 2002/03/26 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A5-0103/2002
• 2002/02/12 Committee draft report
  • PE305.624/B
• 2001/06/11 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • AFET TITLEY Gary PSE
  • CONT CONT/5/14802 MCCARTIN John Joseph PPE-DE
  • DEVE SAUQUILLO PÉREZ DEL ARCO Francisca PSE
  • EMPL JÖNS Karin PSE
  • ENVI GOODWILL Robert PPE-DE
  • FEMM KLASS Christa PPE-DE
  • ITRE MCNALLY Eryl Margaret PSE
  • LIBE DEPREZ Gérard PPE-DE
  • RETT WATTS Mark Francis PSE
• 2001/04/27 Non-legislative basic document published
  • SEC(2001)0528 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the balance sheet and analysis of the financial management of the European Communities for the financial year 2000 - Section III - Commission. CONTENT : this document presents the analysis of the use of Commission appropriations in 2000, section by section. To recall, the 2000 budget was declared adopted after Parliament's second reading on 16 December 1999. It is the first budget established under the financial perspective for 2000-06 contained in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 and totals EUR 93 323 million in appropriations for commitments, 3.5 % down on 1999, and EUR 89 441 million in appropriations for payments, a 4.5% increase. The total appropriations for payments are equivalent to 1.11% of GNP. It should be noted that the report on the implementation of the budget is the first answering to the Court of Auditor's request to present the budget in such a way as to concentrate on specific activities. This completely new approach of the presentation of the budget also includes very precise tables of expenditure for each sector. This document also analyses the budgetary procedure step-by-step. The main characteristics of this budget can be summarised as follows: - this budget manages to comply with the tight spending targets set by the Commission in its original proposals and by the two arms of the budgetary authority throughout the budgetary procedure, while at the same time covering the Union's priorities for 2000, in particular reconstruction in Kosovo. - agricultural expenditure totals EUR 40 994 million. The bulk is for market organisation measures (EUR 36 889 million). An across-the-board cut kept the appropriations well below the sub-ceiling (EUR 41 738 million). The other EUR 4 105 million is for the "second agricultural pillar", expenditure on rural development and accompanying measures, including EUR 50 million for improving the processing and marketing of agricultural products (in connection with the dioxin crisis). The margin remaining beneath the ceiling for the heading is EUR 744 million As this will be the first year of a new programming period, the commitment appropriations for structural measures (EUR 32 678 million) are down on the exceptionally large amounts in 1999 (EUR 39 billion), while payment appropriations (EUR 31 801 million) continue to increase (+4.5 %) to clear outstanding commitments. - the internal policies have a total allocation of EUR 6 028 million in appropriations for commitments, 2.8% up on the 1999 budget, and EUR 5 674 million in appropriations for payments (+13%). The resources are concentrated on a number of top priorities because of the leverage they exert on growth and employment, and on the development and distribution of new technologies. Research is allocated EUR 3 630 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 3 600 million in payment appropriations, a sharp increase (of around 20%) warranted by the large volume of outstanding commitments. - the second major spending area is the Trans-European networks (EUR 688 million in commitment appropriations, up by 17.6 %). Measures on education, vocational training and youth policy receive a substantial 9% increase at EUR 481.5 million in commitment appropriations. - the budgetary impact of the ratification of the Treaty of Amsterdam is also accommodated, in particular as it affects justice and home affairs, with the insertion of a new title covering all the operations for setting up an area for freedom, security and justice and an allocation totalling EUR 97 million (including EUR 26 million for the European Refugee Fund alone). - the allocations for external action come to a total of EUR 4 825 million for commitments, an increase of 3,3 % over 1999, and EUR 3 612 million for payments. The 2000 budget will cover the immediate needs for reconstruction in Kosovo. After the entire EUR 200 has been drawn under the flexibility instrument, a total of EUR 360 million will be available for Kosovo in 2000. The appropriations will also cover new needs for aid to East Timor (EUR 20 million), Turkish earthquake victims (EUR 30 million) and the fisheries agreement with Morocco (EUR 125 million). - in accordance with the new financial perspective the pre-accession strategy is identified in a new heading 7 with an allocation of EUR 3 167 million for commitments and EUR 1 696 million for payments, with a new instrument for agriculture (SAPARD, EUR 529 million for commitments and EUR 200 million for payments) and one for infrastructure (ISPA, EUR 1 058 million for commitments and EUR 245 million for payments) in addition to the Phare programme. - lastly, it should also be noted that the 2000 Budget has been amended by two supplementary and amending budgets.

• 2001/04/27 Non-legislative basic document
  • SEC(2001)0528 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the balance sheet and analysis of the financial management of the European Communities for the financial year 2000 - Section III - Commission. CONTENT : this document presents the analysis of the use of Commission appropriations in 2000, section by section. To recall, the 2000 budget was declared adopted after Parliament's second reading on 16 December 1999. It is the first budget established under the financial perspective for 2000-06 contained in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 and totals EUR 93 323 million in appropriations for commitments, 3.5 % down on 1999, and EUR 89 441 million in appropriations for payments, a 4.5% increase. The total appropriations for payments are equivalent to 1.11% of GNP. It should be noted that the report on the implementation of the budget is the first answering to the Court of Auditor's request to present the budget in such a way as to concentrate on specific activities. This completely new approach of the presentation of the budget also includes very precise tables of expenditure for each sector. This document also analyses the budgetary procedure step-by-step. The main characteristics of this budget can be summarised as follows: - this budget manages to comply with the tight spending targets set by the Commission in its original proposals and by the two arms of the budgetary authority throughout the budgetary procedure, while at the same time covering the Union's priorities for 2000, in particular reconstruction in Kosovo. - agricultural expenditure totals EUR 40 994 million. The bulk is for market organisation measures (EUR 36 889 million). An across-the-board cut kept the appropriations well below the sub-ceiling (EUR 41 738 million). The other EUR 4 105 million is for the "second agricultural pillar", expenditure on rural development and accompanying measures, including EUR 50 million for improving the processing and marketing of agricultural products (in connection with the dioxin crisis). The margin remaining beneath the ceiling for the heading is EUR 744 million As this will be the first year of a new programming period, the commitment appropriations for structural measures (EUR 32 678 million) are down on the exceptionally large amounts in 1999 (EUR 39 billion), while payment appropriations (EUR 31 801 million) continue to increase (+4.5 %) to clear outstanding commitments. - the internal policies have a total allocation of EUR 6 028 million in appropriations for commitments, 2.8% up on the 1999 budget, and EUR 5 674 million in appropriations for payments (+13%). The resources are concentrated on a number of top priorities because of the leverage they exert on growth and employment, and on the development and distribution of new technologies. Research is allocated EUR 3 630 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 3 600 million in payment appropriations, a sharp increase (of around 20%) warranted by the large volume of outstanding commitments. - the second major spending area is the Trans-European networks (EUR 688 million in commitment appropriations, up by 17.6 %). Measures on education, vocational training and youth policy receive a substantial 9% increase at EUR 481.5 million in commitment appropriations. - the budgetary impact of the ratification of the Treaty of Amsterdam is also accommodated, in particular as it affects justice and home affairs, with the insertion of a new title covering all the operations for setting up an area for freedom, security and justice and an allocation totalling EUR 97 million (including EUR 26 million for the European Refugee Fund alone). - the allocations for external action come to a total of EUR 4 825 million for commitments, an increase of 3,3 % over 1999, and EUR 3 612 million for payments. The 2000 budget will cover the immediate needs for reconstruction in Kosovo. After the entire EUR 200 has been drawn under the flexibility instrument, a total of EUR 360 million will be available for Kosovo in 2000. The appropriations will also cover new needs for aid to East Timor (EUR 20 million), Turkish earthquake victims (EUR 30 million) and the fisheries agreement with Morocco (EUR 125 million). - in accordance with the new financial perspective the pre-accession strategy is identified in a new heading 7 with an allocation of EUR 3 167 million for commitments and EUR 1 696 million for payments, with a new instrument for agriculture (SAPARD, EUR 529 million for commitments and EUR 200 million for payments) and one for infrastructure (ISPA, EUR 1 058 million for commitments and EUR 245 million for payments) in addition to the Phare programme. - lastly, it should also be noted that the 2000 Budget has been amended by two supplementary and amending budgets.

  • SEC(2001)0529 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the balance sheet and analysis of the financial management of the European Communities for the financial year 2000 - Section III - Commission (Volume II). CONTENT : this document presents the statement of accounts of the implementation of the budget of the Commission for the financial year 2000. With regard to the revenue, taking into account the costs incurred by the Member States for the assessment of own resources (EUR 1.696, 35 million), the amount of revenue rises to EUR 92.724.422.418,05 for the year 2000. As regards expenditure, the amount of budgetary expenditure for the year 2000 is EUR 82.867.869.808,55. It should be noted that the difference between revenue and expenditure increased in 2000 to EUR 11,6 billion (this is a record amount in comparison to the 1999 amount of EUR 3,2 billion). In 2000, only 82,5% of the budget had been implemented against 95,7% in 1999 in commitment appropriations. On the other hand, only 88% of payment appropriations have been implemented against 91% in 1999.

  • SEC(2001)0531
  • DG Budget,

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: SEC(2001)0528
• Non-legislative basic document: SEC(2001)0528
• Supplementary non-legislative basic document: SEC(2001)0529
• Supplementary non-legislative basic document: SEC(2001)0531
• Committee draft report: PE305.624/B
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0103/2002
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0103/2002
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0164/2002
• Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: OJ C 127 29.05.2003, p. 0162-0527 E
• : Budget 2002/444
• : OJ L 158 17.06.2002, p. 0001
• : Budget 2002/445
• : OJ L 158 17.06.2002, p. 0023

History

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