2010/2192(DEC)

2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA

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2010/2192(DEC) 2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	STAVRAKAKIS Georgios (S&D)	MACOVEI Monica Luisa (EPP), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL)
Opinion	ITRE

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/04077

Subjects

8.70.03.04 2009 discharge

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Activites

2011/09/27 Final act published in Official Journal
- Decision 2011/588
- OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0186
2011/05/10 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
- T7-0175/2011 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted by 514 votes to 83, with 38 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Network and Information Security Agency in respect of the 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): carry-over appropriations: Parliament notes that the appropriations carried forward to the following year amounted to 19% of the Agency's total budget and note that 41% of operational appropriations were carried forward to 2010 mainly due to delays in two big projects. It expresses its concern that this is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality and urges the Agency to rectify the situation; procurement procedure: Parliament calls on the Agency to strengthen its internal controls in order to make sure that contracts and procurement procedures are correctly applied. The Court of Auditors reported various instances of errors made during the contract award phase. Parliament calls for a series of measures to be taken to improve the procedures and their transparency; errors on budget transfers: Parliament calls on the Agency to avoid transfers made without obtaining the prior consent of its Governing Board, which are contrary to the budgetary principles of specification; refund from the tax authorities of the host Member State: Parliament regrets that there has been no progress since the previous year concerning the refund of EUR 45 000, which is the amount of VAT paid in advance by the Agency, to the tax authorities of the host Member State. It urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority when this refund is made by the host Member State; human resources: Parliament notes that deficiencies in staff selection procedures still remain and put at risk the transparency of these procedures. It therefore urges the Agency to redress this situation and inform the discharge authority on the actions taken.
- Results of vote in Parliament
2011/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0105/2011
2011/03/31 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0105/2011
2011/03/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/04077 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
- ITRE
2011/03/08 Deadline Amendments
2011/01/31 Committee draft report
- PE450.720
2010/10/07 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/04077 STAVRAKAKIS Georgios S&D
- ITRE
2010/09/16 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
- N7-0010/2011 summary
  
  PURPOSE: presentation by the Court of Auditors of its report on the annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) for the financial year 2009, together with the Agency's replies 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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, following the adoption of two amending budgets, the Agency's 2009 final budget amounted to EUR 8.1 million and that it employed 57 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: a large amount of the 2009 appropriations was carried forward to the following year mainly due to delays in the implementation of the activities financed from the Agency's operational expenditure. This was at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality; a budget transfer between titles was made without informing the Agency's Management Board, contrary to the budgetary principle of specification. The Agency's replies: these emergency measures were taken to contain the consequences of delayed outsourced activities; in the first quarter of 2010, improvements were made to the tool used for the follow-up of budgetary transfers according to Article 23 of ENISA's Financial Regulation. Lastly, the Court of Auditor's report contained a summary of the Agency's activities in 2009 in the following areas: improving resilience in European communication networks; developing and maintaining cooperation between Member States; and identifying emerging risks for creating trust and confidence.
- OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0016
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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: ENISA, which is located in Heraklion, Greece, was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main task is to enhance the Community's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems by building on national and Community efforts. ENISA's budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 8.1 million (compared to EUR 8.4 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 57 as compared with 58 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/about-enisa/accounting-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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: ENISA, which is located in Heraklion, Greece, was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main task is to enhance the Community's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems by building on national and Community efforts. ENISA's budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 8.1 million (compared to EUR 8.4 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 57 as compared with 58 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/about-enisa/accounting-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: N7-0010/2011
Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0016
Committee draft report: PE450.720
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0105/2011
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0105/2011
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0175/2011
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
: Decision 2011/588
: OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0186

Votes

A7-0105/2011 - Georgios Stavrakakis - Single vote

2011/05/10

Position	Total	ALDE	ECR	EFD	GUE/NGL	NI	PPE	S&D	Verts/ALE	correctional
For	514	73	0	3	1	3	228	161	45	3
Against	83	0	48	14	0	21	0	0	0	0
Abstain	38	0	0	9	28	1	0	0	0	0

History

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

2012-02-09

activities	added	date 2010-07-20 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2010/0963/COM_SEC(2010)0963_EN.pdf text 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: ENISA, which is located in Heraklion, Greece, was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main task is to enhance the Community's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems by building on national and Community efforts. ENISA's budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 8.1 million (compared to EUR 8.4 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 57 as compared with 58 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/about-enisa/accounting-finance title SEC(2010)0963 type Non-legislative basic document published celexid CELEX:52010SC0963:EN body type Non-legislative basic document published body EP date 2010-07-20 type Date date 2010-07-20 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/sec/2010/0963/COM_SEC(2010)0963_EN.pdf text 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: ENISA, which is located in Heraklion, Greece, was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Its main task is to enhance the Community's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems by building on national and Community efforts. ENISA's budget for the 2009 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2009 amounted to EUR 8.1 million (compared to EUR 8.4 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 57 as compared with 58 the previous year. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.enisa.europa.eu/about-enisa/accounting-finance title SEC(2010)0963 type Non-legislative basic document celexid CELEX:52010SC0963:EN body EC commission DG Budget Commissioner ŠEMETA Algirdas type Non-legislative basic document date 2010-09-16 docs text PURPOSE: presentation by the Court of Auditors of its report on the annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) for the financial year 2009, together with the Agency's replies 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA). 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, following the adoption of two amending budgets, the Agency's 2009 final budget amounted to EUR 8.1 million and that it employed 57 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: a large amount of the 2009 appropriations was carried forward to the following year mainly due to delays in the implementation of the activities financed from the Agency's operational expenditure. This was at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality; a budget transfer between titles was made without informing the Agency's Management Board, contrary to the budgetary principle of specification. The Agency's replies: these emergency measures were taken to contain the consequences of delayed outsourced activities; in the first quarter of 2010, improvements were made to the tool used for the follow-up of budgetary transfers according to Article 23 of ENISA's Financial Regulation. Lastly, the Court of Auditor's report contained a summary of the Agency's activities in 2009 in the following areas: improving resilience in European communication networks; developing and maintaining cooperation between Member States; and identifying emerging risks for creating trust and confidence. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0010/2011 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:338:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 338 14.12.2010, p. 0016 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report date 2010-10-07 body EP type Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees body EP shadows group EPP name MACOVEI Monica Luisa group ALDE name GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan group Verts/ALE name STAES Bart group GUE/NGL name SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo responsible True committee CONT date 2010-03-23 committee_full Budgetary Control rapporteur group S&D name STAVRAKAKIS Georgios body EP responsible False committee_full Industry, Research and Energy committee ITRE date 2011-01-31 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE450.720 type Committee draft report title PE450.720 body EP type Committee draft report body EP date 2011-03-08 type Deadline Amendments date 2011-03-21 text The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Georgios STAVRAKAKIS (S&D, EL) on discharge to be granted to the Executive Director of the European Network and Information Security Agency in respect of the 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, MEPs approve the closure of the Agency's accounts. However, they make 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 draft resolution on financial management and control of EU agencies (see DEC/2010/2271): carry-over appropriations: Members note that the appropriations carried forward to the following year amounted to 19% of the Agency's total budget and note that 41% of operational appropriations were carried forward to 2010 mainly due to delays in two big projects. They express their concern that this is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality and urge the Agency to rectify the situation; procurement procedure: Members call on the Agency to strengthen its internal controls in order to make sure that contracts and procurement procedures are correctly applied. The Court of Auditors reported various instances of errors made during the contract award phase. Members call for a series of measures to be taken to improve the procedures and their transparency; errors on budget transfers: Members call on the Agency to avoid transfers made without obtaining the prior consent of its Governing Board, which are contrary to the budgetary principles of specification (as in the case of one transfer of EUR 24 000 between titles); refund from the tax authorities of the host Member State: Members regret that there has been no progress since the previous year concerning the refund of EUR 45 000, which is the amount of VAT paid in advance by the Agency, to the tax authorities of the host Member State. They urge the Agency to inform the discharge authority when this refund is made by the host Member State; human resources: Members note that deficiencies in staff selection procedures still remain and put at risk the transparency of these procedures. They therefore urge the Agency to redress this situation and inform the discharge authority on the actions taken; internal control systems: Members urge the Agency to put in place an exhaustive physical inventory and ensure the correctness of the accounting records. They welcome the performance by the Commission's Internal Audit Service (IAS) of several audits between 2007 and 2009 and note that out of 18 IAS recommendations, 13 were accepted and five were refused by the Agency. body EP committees body EP shadows group EPP name MACOVEI Monica Luisa group ALDE name GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan group Verts/ALE name STAES Bart group GUE/NGL name SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo responsible True committee CONT date 2010-03-23 committee_full Budgetary Control rapporteur group S&D name STAVRAKAKIS Georgios body EP responsible False committee_full Industry, Research and Energy committee ITRE type Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading date 2011-03-31 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-0105&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0105/2011 body type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date 2011-03-31 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-0105&language=EN type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0105/2011 body EP type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date 2011-05-10 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-0175 text The European Parliament adopted by 514 votes to 83, with 38 abstentions a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Network and Information Security Agency in respect of the 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): carry-over appropriations: Parliament notes that the appropriations carried forward to the following year amounted to 19% of the Agency's total budget and note that 41% of operational appropriations were carried forward to 2010 mainly due to delays in two big projects. It expresses its concern that this is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality and urges the Agency to rectify the situation; procurement procedure: Parliament calls on the Agency to strengthen its internal controls in order to make sure that contracts and procurement procedures are correctly applied. The Court of Auditors reported various instances of errors made during the contract award phase. Parliament calls for a series of measures to be taken to improve the procedures and their transparency; errors on budget transfers: Parliament calls on the Agency to avoid transfers made without obtaining the prior consent of its Governing Board, which are contrary to the budgetary principles of specification; refund from the tax authorities of the host Member State: Parliament regrets that there has been no progress since the previous year concerning the refund of EUR 45 000, which is the amount of VAT paid in advance by the Agency, to the tax authorities of the host Member State. It urges the Agency to inform the discharge authority when this refund is made by the host Member State; human resources: Parliament notes that deficiencies in staff selection procedures still remain and put at risk the transparency of these procedures. It therefore urges the Agency to redress this situation and inform the discharge authority on the actions taken. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0175/2011 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=19891&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament body EP type Text adopted by Parliament, single reading date 2011-09-27 text PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Network and Information Security Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2009. NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/588/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the financial year 2009. CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director-General of the EURATOM Supply Agency for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2008. This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 10 May 2011 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 10/05/2011). A parallel decision, adopted on the same day, approves the closure of this Agency's accounts. type Final act published in Official Journal docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0588 title Decision 2011/588 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:250:SOM:EN:HTML title OJ L 250 27.09.2011, p. 0186
committees	added	body EP shadows group EPP name MACOVEI Monica Luisa group ALDE name GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan group Verts/ALE name STAES Bart group GUE/NGL name SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo responsible True committee CONT date 2010-03-23 committee_full Budgetary Control rapporteur group S&D name STAVRAKAKIS Georgios body EP responsible False committee_full Industry, Research and Energy committee ITRE
links	added
other	added	body EC dg Budget commissioner ŠEMETA Algirdas
procedure	added	dossier_of_the_committee CONT/7/04077 reference 2010/2192(DEC) title 2009 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency ENISA stage_reached Procedure completed type DEC - Discharge procedure final url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0588 title Decision 2011/588 subject 8.70.03.04 2009 discharge

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