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Activites

• 2011/09/27 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2011/606
  • OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0232
• 2011/05/10 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
  • T7-0183/2011 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 527 votes to 85, with 30 abstentions a decision on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority in respect of the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2009. Noting that the Authority's annual accounts for the financial year 2009 are reliable, and the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament approves the closure of the Authority'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): budgetary and financial management: Parliament welcomes the fact that most of the activities and assets related to the EGNOS and Galileo programmes were transferred to the Commission in December 2009 and notes that the remaining part of the activities and assets were to be transferred in 2010. It also notes, like the Court of Auditors, that there were irregularities in the grants procedure for the Framework Programme/Galileo/Call 1 (EUR 17.5 million). It also deplores the fact that the final budget published by the Authority on 31 March 2010 did not reflect the final budget for 2009 approved by the Administrative Board and did not include its revenue and calls on the Authority to remedy the situation; human resources: Parliament criticises the deficiencies in staff selection procedures which put at risk the transparency of these procedures and which was remarked upon by the Court of Auditors in its report. It calls on the Authority to remedy the situation by improving its selection procedures and also stresses the need to remedy deficiencies which infringe the principle of equal treatment in the application of the eligibility criteria in recruitment procedures open to both internal and external candidates.

  • Results of vote in Parliament
• 2011/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0103/2011
• 2011/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A7-0103/2011
• 2011/03/28 Prev Adopt in Cte
• 2011/03/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • CONT CONT/7/04066 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
• 2011/03/08 Deadline Amendments
• 2011/02/03 Committee draft report
  • PE450.724
• 2010/10/07 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • CONT CONT/7/04066 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
• 2010/09/16 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
  • N7-0020/2011 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation by the Court of Auditors of its report on the annual accounts of the European Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority (GNSS).  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 Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority (GNSS). In the Court's opinion, the Authority'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 Authority for the financial year ended 31 December 2009 were, "in all material respects, legal and regular". The report again confirmed that the Authority's 2009 final budget amounted to EUR 44.4 million of which EUR 7.4 million was the operating subsidy from the Commission and EUR 37 million was operational funds from the Commission. The Authority employed 35 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: lack of transparency in recruitment procedures; for the 'Framework Programme 7/Galileo/Call 1' grants procedure  e (EUR 17.5 million) the exclusion criteria were not published and checked; . the final budget published by the Authority on 31 March 2010 did not reflect the final budget for 2009 approved by the Administrative Board. The Authority's replies: transparency of the recruitment procedures was ensured, even if the thresholds the candidates had to meet for being invited to the written tests and interviews were established after the beginning of the evaluation process; the Authority has followed the rules defined by the Commission with regard to the grants procedure; . the budget published at the end of March reflected an amendment adopted by the Administrative Board in December 2009 (and did not affect the revenue side). Lastly, the Court of Auditor's report contained a summary of the Authority's activities in 2009 in the following areas: support to the European Commission in the implementation of the EGNOS and Galileo programmes; strengthening Galileo and EGNOS Systems Security; Market development with EGNOS market entry (particularly in aviation, agriculture, road,) and development of international activities (Latin America, Israel, China, Africa), information and outreach; research and development.

  • OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0114
• 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 Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority (GNSS). 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 Supervisory Authority (GNSS). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this Authority were as follows: description of the Authority's tasks: the GNSS Supervisory Authority, located in Brussels, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004. Its main task is to manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes and to act as the regulatory authority for the programme during the deployment and operational phases of the Galileo Programme. Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council reduced the responsibilities of the Authority to the control of the security of Galileo systems and to the preparation of their commercialisation. GNSS' budget for the 2009 financial year: the Authority's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 44.4 millions (compared to EUR 125 millions the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 35 as compared with 52 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: www.gsa.europa.eu

• 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 Global Navigation Satellite System Supervisory Authority (GNSS). 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 Supervisory Authority (GNSS). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this Authority were as follows: description of the Authority's tasks: the GNSS Supervisory Authority, located in Brussels, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004. Its main task is to manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes and to act as the regulatory authority for the programme during the deployment and operational phases of the Galileo Programme. Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council reduced the responsibilities of the Authority to the control of the security of Galileo systems and to the preparation of their commercialisation. GNSS' budget for the 2009 financial year: the Authority's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 44.4 millions (compared to EUR 125 millions the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 35 as compared with 52 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: www.gsa.europa.eu

  • 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: N7-0020/2011
• Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0114
• Committee draft report: PE450.724
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0103/2011
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0103/2011
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0183/2011
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• : Decision 2011/606
• : OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0232

Votes

A7-0103/2011 - Georgios Stavrakakis - Single vote

History

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