2011/2231(DEC)

2010 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)

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2011/2231(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	CONT	MACOVEI Monica Luisa (EPP)	HERCZOG Edit (S&D), GERBRANDY Gerben-Jan (ALDE), STAES Bart (Verts/ALE), CZARNECKI Ryszard (ECR), SØNDERGAARD Søren Bo (GUE/NGL), ANDREASEN Marta (EFD), EHRENHAUSER Martin (NI)
Opinion	LIBE	BUSUTTIL Simon (EPP)

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/07258

Subjects

8.70.03.05 2010 discharge

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2012/10/17 Final act published in Official Journal
2012/05/10 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
- T7-0187/2012 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agencys budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
- Results of vote in Parliament
2012/04/12 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0133/2012 summary
  
  The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members approve the closure of the Agencys 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
2012/03/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/07258 MACOVEI Monica Luisa EPP
- LIBE BUSUTTIL Simon EPP
2012/03/07 Amendments tabled in committee
- PE483.615
2012/03/06 Deadline Amendments
2012/02/08 Document attached to the procedure
- 06083/2012 summary
  
  Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
2012/02/06 Committee draft report
- PE473.979
2011/10/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/07258 MACOVEI Monica Luisa EPP
- LIBE BUSUTTIL Simon EPP
2011/09/13 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
- N7-0012/2012 summary
  
  PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agencys reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Courts opinion, FRONTEXs Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEXs 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latters response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Courts observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agencys responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors report contains a summary of the Colleges activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users.
- OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039
2011/07/26 Date
2011/07/26 Non-legislative basic document
- COM(2011)0473 summary
  
  PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 {u'url': u'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', u'title': u'Budget'}, ŠEMETA Algirdas

Documents

Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2011)0473
Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N7-0012/2012
Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039
Committee draft report: PE473.979
Document attached to the procedure: 06083/2012
Amendments tabled in committee: PE483.615
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0133/2012
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0187/2012
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament

Amendments	Dossier
13	2011/2231(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX) 2012/01/31 LIBE 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Franziska KELLER Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Not~~Deplores the very high level of carryovers, representing 28 % of the budget of the Agency; takes note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year; reiterates that the carryover of appropriations should not hamper sound financial management practices; requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future; Amendment 2 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes the very high level of carryovers, representing 28 % of the budget of the Agency; takes note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year; reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices; Amendment 3 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the connection between the disproportionate level of carryovers and the considerable increase in the budget of the Agency, and the unused funds in successive years by the Agency; calls on the Agency to fully inform Parliament of the destination of these unused funds; Amendment 4 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Asks that the Court of Auditors, in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2011, assesses in greater detail the operations' budget expenditure in relation to the objectives pursued by the Agency and its achievements; Amendment 5 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes the progress made in validating the Agency's accounting system and ~~calls for~~asks the Agency to adopt a procedure to ensure that the process ~~to be~~is finalised as soon as possible and at the latest by the end of July 2012; Amendment 6 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on ~~its performance throughout the year~~the annuality principle. Amendment 7 # Marie-Christine VERGIAT Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Questions the repeated requests to increase the Agency's budget when the Agency is not reducing, significantly and quickly, the high levels of budgetary carryovers and unused funds allocated to it. source: PE-480.753 2012/07/03 CONT 6 amendments... Amendment 1 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Grants 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 discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 2 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Grants 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 discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 3 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2010; Amendment 4 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2010; Amendment 5 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is concerned that the Court of Auditors has reported carryovers since 2006; notes in particular that for the year 2010 an amount of EUR 26 500 000, representing 28 % of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011 and that only EUR 12 000 000 of this amount was matched by accruals; to be submitted to the discharge authority at latest by 15 December 2012. Amendment 6 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Points out once more that a high level of carryovers and cancellations is indicative of the inability of the Agency to manage such a large increase in its budget; wonders whether it would not be more responsible forCalls on the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities; ~~calls on the Agency therefore to provide it with fuller details on the feasibility of future commitments;~~ source: PE-483.615

Amendments

Dossier

2011/2231(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders (FRONTEX)

2012/01/31 LIBE 7 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Franziska KELLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Not~~Deplores the very high level of carryovers, representing 28 % of the budget of the Agency; takes note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year; reiterates that the carryover of appropriations should not hamper sound financial management practices; requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future;

Amendment 2 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the very high level of carryovers, representing 28 % of the budget of the Agency; takes note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year; reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices;

Amendment 3 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines the connection between the disproportionate level of carryovers and the considerable increase in the budget of the Agency, and the unused funds in successive years by the Agency; calls on the Agency to fully inform Parliament of the destination of these unused funds;

Amendment 4 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Asks that the Court of Auditors, in its report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2011, assesses in greater detail the operations' budget expenditure in relation to the objectives pursued by the Agency and its achievements;

Amendment 5 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes the progress made in validating the Agency's accounting system and ~~calls for~~asks the Agency to adopt a procedure to ensure that the process ~~to be~~is finalised as soon as possible and at the latest by the end of July 2012;

Amendment 6 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on ~~its performance throughout the year~~the annuality principle.

Amendment 7 #

Marie-Christine VERGIAT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Questions the repeated requests to increase the Agency's budget when the Agency is not reducing, significantly and quickly, the high levels of budgetary carryovers and unused funds allocated to it.

source: PE-480.753

2012/07/03 CONT 6 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Grants 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 discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 2 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

Amendment 3 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 4 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

Amendment 5 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Is concerned that the Court of Auditors has reported carryovers since 2006; notes in particular that for the year 2010 an amount of EUR 26 500 000, representing 28 % of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011 and that only EUR 12 000 000 of this amount was matched by accruals; to be submitted to the discharge authority at latest by 15 December 2012.

Amendment 6 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Points out once more that a high level of carryovers and cancellations is indicative of the inability of the Agency to manage such a large increase in its budget; wonders whether it would not be more responsible forCalls on the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities; ~~calls on the Agency therefore to provide it with fuller details on the feasibility of future commitments;~~

source: PE-483.615

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activities/1	added	date 2011-07-26 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473 body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title Budget Commissioner ŠEMETA Algirdas type Non-legislative basic document
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activities/2/docs	added	text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039
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activities/4/docs/0	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX) sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour cette agence communautaire. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, le Parlement a adopté une résolution contenant une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans la résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences. Ces recommandations peuvent se résumer comme suit : Gestion budgétaire et financière : le Parlement note que le niveau des paiements dans le budget 2010 s'est amélioré, passant de 61% en 2009 à 69% en 2010. Il note en outre que les niveaux des paiements dans le budget opérationnel 2010 ont atteint 79%, contre 65% en 2009 ; Reports de crédits : le Parlement note que des reports importants de crédits ont encore caractérisé l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, le Parlement rappelle que la pratique du report de crédits doit être aussi limitée que possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Il demande donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Il appelle également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : le Parlement constate que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offres et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Il invite l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : le Parlement appelle l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Il note, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, le Parlement considère que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : le Parlement note qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Il appelle dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0187/2012
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activities/5/docs	added	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6083%2F12&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=100 text Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. type Document attached to the procedure title 06083/2012
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activities/7/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text OBJECTIF : présentation par la Commission des comptes annuels consolidés de l'Union européenne pour l’exercice 2010 – étape de la procédure de décharge 2010. Analyse des comptes de l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). CONTENU : le présent document de la Commission porte sur les comptes consolidés de l’Union européenne relatifs à l’exercice 2010 élaborés sur la base des informations fournies par les institutions, organismes et agences de l’UE, conformément à l’article 129, par. 2, du règlement financier applicable au budget général de l’Union, en ce compris par l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette agence se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’Agence : FRONTEX, dont le siège est situé à Varsovie, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 2007/2004 du Conseil et a pour principale mission de coordonner les activités des États membres en matière de gestion des frontières extérieures (soutien à la coopération opérationnelle, assistance technique et opérationnelle, analyse des risques) ; budget de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 : le budget 2010 de l’Agence s’élevait à 93 millions EUR contre 89 millions EUR en 2009. À la fin de l’exercice 2010, l’Agence employait 279 agents, contre 226 l’année précédente. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’Agence se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/8/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX), la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif de l’Agence sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, les députés approuvent la clôture des comptes de l’Agence. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans le projet de résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés notent que l'Agence n’a utilisé que 69% des crédits de paiements en 2010 et que des reports importants de crédit ont encore caractérisés l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, les députés rappellent que la pratique du report de crédits doit être limitée le plus possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Ils demandent donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Ils appellent également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : les députés constatent que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offre et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Ils invitent l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : les députés appellent l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Ils notent, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, les députés considèrent que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : les députés notent qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Ils appellent dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. New The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
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activities/9/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0187/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21474&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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2012-08-03

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activities/0/docs	added	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text OBJECTIF : présentation par la Commission des comptes annuels consolidés de l'Union européenne pour l’exercice 2010 – étape de la procédure de décharge 2010. Analyse des comptes de l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). CONTENU : le présent document de la Commission porte sur les comptes consolidés de l’Union européenne relatifs à l’exercice 2010 élaborés sur la base des informations fournies par les institutions, organismes et agences de l’UE, conformément à l’article 129, par. 2, du règlement financier applicable au budget général de l’Union, en ce compris par l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette agence se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’Agence : FRONTEX, dont le siège est situé à Varsovie, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 2007/2004 du Conseil et a pour principale mission de coordonner les activités des États membres en matière de gestion des frontières extérieures (soutien à la coopération opérationnelle, assistance technique et opérationnelle, analyse des risques) ; budget de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 : le budget 2010 de l’Agence s’élevait à 93 millions EUR contre 89 millions EUR en 2009. À la fin de l’exercice 2010, l’Agence employait 279 agents, contre 226 l’année précédente. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’Agence se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/2	deleted	date 2011-09-13 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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activities/2/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473
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activities/4/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-133&language=EN text The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0133/2012
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activities/5/docs	deleted	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6083%2F12&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=100 text Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. type Document attached to the procedure title 06083/2012
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activities/6/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. New En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX), la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif de l’Agence sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, les députés approuvent la clôture des comptes de l’Agence. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans le projet de résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés notent que l'Agence n’a utilisé que 69% des crédits de paiements en 2010 et que des reports importants de crédit ont encore caractérisés l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, les députés rappellent que la pratique du report de crédits doit être limitée le plus possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Ils demandent donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Ils appellent également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : les députés constatent que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offre et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Ils invitent l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : les députés appellent l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Ils notent, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, les députés considèrent que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : les députés notent qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Ils appellent dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations.
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activities/7/docs/0	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX) sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour cette agence communautaire. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, le Parlement a adopté une résolution contenant une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans la résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences. Ces recommandations peuvent se résumer comme suit : Gestion budgétaire et financière : le Parlement note que le niveau des paiements dans le budget 2010 s'est amélioré, passant de 61% en 2009 à 69% en 2010. Il note en outre que les niveaux des paiements dans le budget opérationnel 2010 ont atteint 79%, contre 65% en 2009 ; Reports de crédits : le Parlement note que des reports importants de crédits ont encore caractérisé l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, le Parlement rappelle que la pratique du report de crédits doit être aussi limitée que possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Il demande donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Il appelle également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : le Parlement constate que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offres et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Il invite l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : le Parlement appelle l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Il note, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, le Parlement considère que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : le Parlement note qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Il appelle dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0187/2012
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activities/1	added	date 2011-07-26 docs url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473 body EC type Non-legislative basic document commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title Budget Commissioner ŠEMETA Algirdas
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activities/2/docs	added	text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039
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activities/4/docs/0	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX) sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour cette agence communautaire. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, le Parlement a adopté une résolution contenant une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans la résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences. Ces recommandations peuvent se résumer comme suit : Gestion budgétaire et financière : le Parlement note que le niveau des paiements dans le budget 2010 s'est amélioré, passant de 61% en 2009 à 69% en 2010. Il note en outre que les niveaux des paiements dans le budget opérationnel 2010 ont atteint 79%, contre 65% en 2009 ; Reports de crédits : le Parlement note que des reports importants de crédits ont encore caractérisé l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, le Parlement rappelle que la pratique du report de crédits doit être aussi limitée que possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Il demande donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Il appelle également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : le Parlement constate que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offres et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Il invite l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : le Parlement appelle l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Il note, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, le Parlement considère que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : le Parlement note qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Il appelle dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0187/2012
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activities/5/docs	added	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6083%2F12&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=100 text Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. type Document attached to the procedure title 06083/2012
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activities/7/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text OBJECTIF : présentation par la Commission des comptes annuels consolidés de l'Union européenne pour l’exercice 2010 – étape de la procédure de décharge 2010. Analyse des comptes de l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). CONTENU : le présent document de la Commission porte sur les comptes consolidés de l’Union européenne relatifs à l’exercice 2010 élaborés sur la base des informations fournies par les institutions, organismes et agences de l’UE, conformément à l’article 129, par. 2, du règlement financier applicable au budget général de l’Union, en ce compris par l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette agence se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’Agence : FRONTEX, dont le siège est situé à Varsovie, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 2007/2004 du Conseil et a pour principale mission de coordonner les activités des États membres en matière de gestion des frontières extérieures (soutien à la coopération opérationnelle, assistance technique et opérationnelle, analyse des risques) ; budget de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 : le budget 2010 de l’Agence s’élevait à 93 millions EUR contre 89 millions EUR en 2009. À la fin de l’exercice 2010, l’Agence employait 279 agents, contre 226 l’année précédente. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’Agence se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/8/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX), la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif de l’Agence sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, les députés approuvent la clôture des comptes de l’Agence. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans le projet de résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés notent que l'Agence n’a utilisé que 69% des crédits de paiements en 2010 et que des reports importants de crédit ont encore caractérisés l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, les députés rappellent que la pratique du report de crédits doit être limitée le plus possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Ils demandent donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Ils appellent également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : les députés constatent que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offre et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Ils invitent l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : les députés appellent l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Ils notent, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, les députés considèrent que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : les députés notent qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Ils appellent dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. New The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.
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activities/9/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0187/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21474&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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activities/0/docs	added	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=FR&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text OBJECTIF : présentation par la Commission des comptes annuels consolidés de l'Union européenne pour l’exercice 2010 – étape de la procédure de décharge 2010. Analyse des comptes de l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). CONTENU : le présent document de la Commission porte sur les comptes consolidés de l’Union européenne relatifs à l’exercice 2010 élaborés sur la base des informations fournies par les institutions, organismes et agences de l’UE, conformément à l’article 129, par. 2, du règlement financier applicable au budget général de l’Union, en ce compris par l’Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres (FRONTEX). Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette agence se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’Agence : FRONTEX, dont le siège est situé à Varsovie, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 2007/2004 du Conseil et a pour principale mission de coordonner les activités des États membres en matière de gestion des frontières extérieures (soutien à la coopération opérationnelle, assistance technique et opérationnelle, analyse des risques) ; budget de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 : le budget 2010 de l’Agence s’élevait à 93 millions EUR contre 89 millions EUR en 2009. À la fin de l’exercice 2010, l’Agence employait 279 agents, contre 226 l’année précédente. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’Agence se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.frontex.europa.eu/budget_and_finance celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/2	deleted	date 2011-09-13 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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activities/2/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473
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activities/4/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-133&language=EN text The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0133/2012
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activities/5/docs	deleted	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6083%2F12&fc=REGAISEN&srm=25&md=100 text Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. type Document attached to the procedure title 06083/2012
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activities/6/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009. Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities. Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases. Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year. Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations. New En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX), la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif de l’Agence sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, les députés approuvent la clôture des comptes de l’Agence. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans le projet de résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés notent que l'Agence n’a utilisé que 69% des crédits de paiements en 2010 et que des reports importants de crédit ont encore caractérisés l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, les députés rappellent que la pratique du report de crédits doit être limitée le plus possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Ils demandent donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Ils appellent également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : les députés constatent que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offre et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Ils invitent l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : les députés appellent l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Ils notent, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, les députés considèrent que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : les députés notent qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Ils appellent dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations.
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activities/7/docs/0	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-187 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'Agence européenne pour la gestion de la coopération opérationnelle aux frontières extérieures des États membres de l'Union européenne (FRONTEX) sur l'exécution du budget de l’Agence pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour cette agence communautaire. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’Agence pour l’exercice 2010 étaient fiables et que les opérations sous–jacentes étaient légales et régulières, le Parlement a adopté une résolution contenant une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge, outre les recommandations générales figurant dans la résolution concernant la performance, la gestion financière et le contrôle des agences. Ces recommandations peuvent se résumer comme suit : Gestion budgétaire et financière : le Parlement note que le niveau des paiements dans le budget 2010 s'est amélioré, passant de 61% en 2009 à 69% en 2010. Il note en outre que les niveaux des paiements dans le budget opérationnel 2010 ont atteint 79%, contre 65% en 2009 ; Reports de crédits : le Parlement note que des reports importants de crédits ont encore caractérisé l’exécution budgétaire de l’Agence et ce, depuis 2006. Bien que comprenant les justifications apportées par l'Agence, à savoir la nécessité d'assurer la continuité des activités opérationnelles et d'octroyer des moyens de déploiement pour le 1^er trimestre de l'exercice suivant, le Parlement rappelle que la pratique du report de crédits doit être aussi limitée que possible et qu'elle ne doit pas empêcher le respect des bonnes pratiques de gestion financière. Il demande donc, qu'à l'avenir, l'Agence respecte le principe d'annualité budgétaire. Il appelle également l’autorité budgétaire à réfléchir avant toute augmentation du budget de l’Agence, compte tenu du temps nécessaire pour mettre en œuvre les activités nouvelles ; Marchés publics et subventions : le Parlement constate que, d'après les comptes définitifs, l'Agence a deux litiges en cours, liés à des procédures d'appel d'offres et que les requérants ont introduit des demandes de dommages-intérêts pour un total de 10.794 806 EUR. Il invite l'Agence à informer régulièrement l'autorité de décharge sur l'évolution de ces deux affaires ; Résultats : le Parlement appelle l'Agence à améliorer la cohérence dans la planification stratégique annuelle de ses opérations. Il note, en effet, que les objectifs du programme de travail annuel pour 2010 ne sont pas clairement liés à ceux du plan pluriannuel 2010-2013. D’une manière générale, le Parlement considère que la décharge sur l'exécution du budget de l'Agence devrait continuer d'être fondée sur l'évaluation de ses activités tout au long de l'exercice ; Audit interne : le Parlement note qu'en 2010, le Service d'audit interne (SAI) a procédé à un audit sur la planification opérationnelle et a évalué la mise en œuvre, par l'Agence, de certaines recommandations "très importantes" issues des audits précédents. Il appelle dès lors à la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0187/2012
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The European Parliament adopted a decision concerning the 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) in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2010. The decision to grant the discharge also closes the accounts for the Agency for that year.

Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies:
- Budget and Financial Management: Parliament notes that the level of payments of the 2010 budget improved from 61 % in 2009 to 69 % in 2010. Moreover it notes from the Agency that the payment levels for the 2010 operational budget reached 79 % compared with 65 % in 2009.
- Parliament notes that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006. Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, it reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities.
- Public procurement and grants: Parliament notes that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. It urges the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases.
- Performance: Parliament calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year.
- Internal audit: Parliament acknowledges that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.

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activities/2	deleted	date 2011-09-13 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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activities/2/docs/0	added	text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) on discharge in respect of the budget of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2010.

Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members 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 performance, financial management and control of EU agencies:
- Budget and Financial Management: Members note that the Agency only used 69% of payment appropriations in 2010 and that there have been significant carryovers since 2006; Whilst taking note of the justifications given by the Agency, namely the need to ensure continuity in the Agency's operational activities and to allocate funds for deployment in the first quarter of the following year, the committee reiterates that the practice of carryovers of appropriations should be strongly curtailed and should not hamper sound financial management practices. It requests that the Agency follow the principle of annuality in the future. It also wonders whether it would not be more responsible for the budgetary authorities to take greater care in the future when deciding on increases in the Agency's budget in the light of the time needed to carry out new activities.
- Public procurement and grants: Members note that according to the Final Accounts, the Agency has two ongoing litigation cases related to tender procedures and that the applicants have claimed damages for a total amount of EUR 10 794 806. They urge the Agency to regularly inform the discharge authority of developments in these two cases.
- Performance: the committee calls on the Agency to develop further coherence in the strategic and annual planning of its operations. It notes, in fact, that the objectives of the Annual Work Programme (AWP) for 2010 are not clearly linked with those for 2010 in the Multi-Annual Plan 2010-2013. It notes that discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency should continue to be based on its performance throughout the year.
- Internal audit: Members acknowledge that in 2010 the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on operational planning and that the IAS still needs to review the Agency's implementation of seven "very important" recommendations from the IAS's previous audit. They call on the Agency to implement the recommendations.

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activities/5/docs/0/text	added	Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010. However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks: the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; as in previous years, the Council invites the Agency to improve its planning and monitoring of activities in order to reduce the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year, in line with the budgetary principle of annuality; it encourages the Agency to tackle the weaknesses detected in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
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activities/1	deleted	date 2011-07-26 docs text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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 celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473 type Non-legislative basic document body EC commission DG url http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title Budget Commissioner ŠEMETA Algirdas
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activities/1/docs/0/text	added	PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010, 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 2010 financial year: the Agency's budget for 2010 amounted to EUR 93 million, (compared to EUR 89 million the previous year). The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 279 as compared with 226 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
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply.
  
  CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
  
  This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality.
  
  weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
  
  The Agency’s responses:
  
  Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible.
  
  Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers.
  
  Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows:
  
  risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions;
  
  joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece);
  
  training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons;
  
  launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers;
  
  dissemination of daily news bulletins;
  
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply.
  
  CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
  
  This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality.
  
  weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
  
  The Agency’s responses:
  
  Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible.
  
  Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers.
  
  Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows:
  
  risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions;
  
  joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece);
  
  training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons;
  
  launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers;
  
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  CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
  
  This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality.
  
  weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
  
  The Agency’s responses:
  
  Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible.
  
  Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers.
  
  Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows:
  
  risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions;
  
  joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece);
  
  training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons;
  
  launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers;
  
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply.
  
  CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit.
  
  This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality.
  
  weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency.
  
  The Agency’s responses:
  
  Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible.
  
  Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers.
  
  Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows:
  
  risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions;
  
  joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece);
  
  training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons;
  
  launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers;
  
  dissemination of daily news bulletins;
  
  implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users.
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2012-02-18

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activities/3	added	date 2011-09-13 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operation Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States (FRONTEX), together with the Agency’s reply. CONTENT: in accordance with the tasks conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Court presents to the European Parliament and to the Council, in the context of the discharge procedure, a Statement of Assurance as to the reliability of the annual accounts of each institution, body or agency of the EU, and the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying them, on the basis of an independent external audit. This audit concerned, amongst others, the annual accounts of FRONTEX. In the Court’s opinion, FRONTEX’s Annual Accounts fairly present, in all material respects, its financial position as of 31 December 2010 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 considers that the transactions underlying the annual accounts of FRONTEX for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that FRONTEX’s 2010 budget amounted to EUR 93 million, and that the number of staff it employed at the end of the year was 279. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of FRONTEX, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: budgetary and financial management:an amount of 26,5 million euro, representing 28% of the available budget, was carried forward to 2011. Only 12 million euro of this amount was matched by accruals. This situation is at odds with the principle of annuality. weaknesses were noted in the system for reconciling suppliers' statements with the corresponding records at the Agency. The Agency’s responses: Frontex will continue to decrease as much as possible the volume of carried forward appropriations by strengthening its monitoring of joint activities in order to adjust the grants as early as possible. Most of the public entities do not have centralised accounting systems and some of them do not implement accrual based accounting, making difficult the process of vendor balances' reconciliation. Frontex will take contact with the national authorities to try to implement alternative procedures in view to reconcile its balances with those of its suppliers. Lastly the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the College’s activities in 2010. These may be described as follows: risk analyses and publication of analytical reports for FRONTEX management, other organisations or institutions; joint operation actions (17 joint operations and 40 joint return operations, as well as the Rapid Border Intervention Team Operation in Greece); training activities: 176 activities with the participation of 4015 persons; launch of the FRONTEX Situation Centre which delivered 500 situation reports, early alerts notices and 14 mission awareness reports to internal and external customers; dissemination of daily news bulletins; implementation of the FRONTEX One-Stop-Shop, a web-based information portal, used by 30 countries and 900 users. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0012/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:366:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 366 15.12.2011, p. 0039 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2012-02-12

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2012-02-11

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2012-02-10

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2012-02-09

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Lead Rapporteur	MACOVEI Monica Luisa (EPP)
Opinion Rapporteur(s)		BUSUTTIL Simon (EPP)