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• 2011/09/27 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2011/604
  • OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0224
• 2011/05/10 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
  • T7-0182/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 518 votes to 86, with 39 abstentions a decision on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) for implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009. Noting that the Agency's annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Agency's accounts. However, it makes a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted (in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies - see DEC/2010/2271): Performance: noting the adoption of a multiannual plan for the 2010-2013 period, Parliament calls on FRONTEX to promptly establish a link between its work programme and its financial forecasts. Parliament welcomes the Agency's initiative of launching, in 2009, the so-called "Frontex Performance Management System" to better inform the Agency's Governing Board by providing it with data on the impact of the agency operations. It urges the Agency to provide information on the impact of its operations and to inform the discharge authority thereof; Cooperation with the Member States: Parliament calls on the Agency to improve its financial management with regard to the reimbursement of costs incurred by Member States by identifying, with those Member States, the roots of the problem; Carryovers and cancellations of appropriations: once again, Parliament is concerned at the high level of carryovers and cancellations since 2006. It urges the Agency to improve the level of use of appropriations by putting in place appropriate instructions and procedures for the analysis of potential carry-forwards to reduce to a minimum the volume of appropriations carried over. The Agency should improve the programming and the monitoring of activities. Parliament sees the high level of carry-overs and cancellations as indicative of the inability of the Agency to manage such a large increase in its budget. It, therefore, wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out the new activities. It calls on the Agency therefore to provide it with fuller details on the feasibility of future commitments; Grant management: for the second consecutive year, the Agency paid out amounts on the basis of unilateral grant decisions that it itself had signed, while the rules in force make no provision for this type of instrument (in 2009, more than EUR 28 million and, in 2008, EUR 17 million). Criticising this situation, Parliament welcomes the initiative taken by the Agency to sign a partnership agreement with the member States' border authorities; Accuracy of the operational budget: Parliament notes with concern the overstatement by 27% of the costs for pre-financing to border authorities in the 8 cases audited. It also notes that, for the activities which ended in 2009, more than 40 recovery orders had to be issued to recover advances made in excess; Human resources: Parliament notes that the Agency has improved its recruitment policy with a series of measures including the introduction of an e-recruitment tool.

  • Results of vote in Parliament
• 2011/04/14 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0145/2011
• 2011/04/14 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0145/2011
• 2011/04/11 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • CONT CONT/7/04064 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
  • LIBE BUSUTTIL Simon EPP
• 2011/03/08 Deadline Amendments
• 2011/02/01 Committee draft report
  • PE450.714
• 2010/10/07 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • CONT CONT/7/04064 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
  • LIBE BUSUTTIL Simon EPP
• 2010/09/16 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
  • N7-0014/2011 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Court of Auditors of its report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks and objectives conferred on it by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Court of Auditors, in the context of the discharge procedure, addresses to the European Parliament and the Council a Statement of Assurance on the reliability of the annual accounts, as well as of the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them of each EU institution, body or agency, on the basis of an external, independent audit. This audit also covered the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). In the Court's opinion, the Agency's annual accounts presented "fairly, in all material respects", its financial position as of 31 December 2009 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation. The Court also stated that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year ended 31 December 2009 were, "in all material respects, legal and regular". The report again confirmed that the Agency's 2009 final budget amounted to EUR 89 million of which EUR 85 million was a direct contribution from the EU and that it employed 226 agents during the financial year. The report also included comments on the Agency's budgetary and financial management, together with the Agency's replies. The main comments are as follows: The Court's comments: carrying forward and cancellation of significant appropriations: in 2009, the budget increased by EUR 17.2 million, nearly 28 % compared with the previous year. However, appropriations amounting to EUR 27 million had to be carried forward and appropriations amounting to EUR 13.9 million had to be cancelled. The Agency has still to improve the level of utilisation of appropriations; certain amounts paid as prefinancing to border authorities for operational activities were overstated and several recovery orders had to be issued to recover advances made in excess. The Agency's replies: the Agency has continued its efforts to better plan and implement its budget; it budgets its activities in accordance with the operational plans jointly made with Member States. At times, lower participation leads to the need to recover advances made. Lastly, the Court of Auditor's report contained a summary of the Agency's activities in 2009 in the following areas: risk analysis and publication of reports for Frontex management and contributions to other organisations or institutions; operational cooperation (16 joint operations and 32 return operations were organised); training activities (nearly 250 000 frontier guards in Member States, Schengen countries and third countries have taken part in training activities centrally organised by the Agency or carried out nationally; establishment of Frontex Situation Centre, the single point of contact for information exchange with external actors, and implementation of the Frontex-One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information sharing portal, being used by 28 countries and 250 users; continuation of the Research and Development Unit at FRONTEX; cooperation with third countries and EU institutions or other international organisations.

  • OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0040
• 2010/07/20 Non-legislative basic document published
  • SEC(2010)0963 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: FRONTEX, which is located in Warsaw, was established in 2004 by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004. The Agency's main task is to coordinate Member States' activities in the field of the management of external borders (support for operational cooperation, technical and operational assistance, risk analysis); FRONTEX budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 89 million, (compared to EUR 71.2 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 226 as compared with 185 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance

• 2010/07/20 Date
• 2010/07/20 Non-legislative basic document
  • SEC(2010)0963 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: FRONTEX, which is located in Warsaw, was established in 2004 by Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004. The Agency's main task is to coordinate Member States' activities in the field of the management of external borders (support for operational cooperation, technical and operational assistance, risk analysis); FRONTEX budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 89 million, (compared to EUR 71.2 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 226 as compared with 185 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance

  • DG Budget, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: SEC(2010)0963
• Non-legislative basic document: SEC(2010)0963
• Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N7-0014/2011
• Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0040
• Committee draft report: PE450.714
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0145/2011
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0145/2011
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0182/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• : Decision 2011/604
• : OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0224

Votes

A7-0145/2011 - Georgios Stavrakakis - Single vote

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)