2011/2240(DEC)

2010 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems

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2011/2240(DEC) 2010 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems

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	ITRE

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/07277

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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
- T7-0189/2012 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agencys accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertakings budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertakings 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commissions Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertakings internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertakings Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the Societal challenges part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commissions DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE. In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible. Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.
- Results of vote in Parliament
2012/04/04 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
- A7-0109/2012 summary
  
  The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertakings accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertakings budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertakings 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commissions Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertakings internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertakings Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.
2012/03/27 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/07277 MACOVEI Monica Luisa EPP
- ITRE
2012/03/07 Amendments tabled in committee
- PE483.674
2012/03/06 Deadline Amendments
2012/02/08 Document attached to the procedure
- 06086/2012 summary
  
  Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability.
2012/02/06 Committee draft report
- PE474.056
2011/10/25 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
- N7-0029/2012 summary
  
  PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertakings 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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Courts opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertakings 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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latters response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Courts observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertakings response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors report contains a summary of the Joint Undertakings activities in 2010. The main task of the |Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
- OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001
2011/10/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/07277 MACOVEI Monica Luisa EPP
- ITRE
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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board
- 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: N7-0029/2012
Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001
Committee draft report: PE474.056
Document attached to the procedure: 06086/2012
Amendments tabled in committee: PE483.674
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0109/2012
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0189/2012
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament

Amendments	Dossier
7	2011/2240(DEC) 2010 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems 2012/07/03 CONT 7 amendments... Amendment 1 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. …Grants the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 2 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. …Grants the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 3 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. …Approves the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS for the financial year 2010; Amendment 4 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. …Approves the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS for the financial year 2010; Amendment 5 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes ~~with concern~~ that the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year; takes note of the Joint Undertaking's reply that the 2010 budget was adopted in January 2011 due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets; calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking's budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter; Amendment 6 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the low implementation of the budget and ~~moreover~~ the underlying activities of the Joint Undertaking; underlines that the deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16 600 000 representing 60 % of the available payment appropriations in 2010; Amendment 7 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Notes that, for the financial year 2010, the overall Union contribution to the budget of the Joint Undertakings amounted to EUR ~~262 5~~505 000 000; source: PE-483.674

Amendments

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2011/2240(DEC) 2010 discharge: Artemis Joint Undertaking to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems

2012/07/03 CONT 7 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. …Grants the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 2 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

1. …Grants the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 3 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. …Approves the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 4 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. …Approves the closure of the accounts of the ARTEMIS for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 5 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Notes ~~with concern~~ that the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year; takes note of the Joint Undertaking's reply that the 2010 budget was adopted in January 2011 due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets; calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking's budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter;

Amendment 6 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Is concerned about~~Notes the low implementation of the budget and ~~moreover~~ the underlying activities of the Joint Undertaking; underlines that the deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16 600 000 representing 60 % of the available payment appropriations in 2010;

Amendment 7 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that, for the financial year 2010, the overall Union contribution to the budget of the Joint Undertakings amounted to EUR ~~262 5~~505 000 000;

source: PE-483.674

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activities/1/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old 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'entreprise commune Artemis. 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’entreprise commune Artemis. Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : Artemis, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 74/2008 du Conseil, pour une période de 10 ans. Elle a pour principale mission de définir et de mettre en œuvre un «programme de recherche» pour le développement de technologies essentielles pour les systèmes informatiques embarqués dans différents domaines d’application afin de renforcer la compétitivité européenne et le développement durable et de permettre l’émergence de nouveaux marchés et de nouvelles applications sociétales ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l'entreprise commune Artemis, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 420 millions EUR prélevés sur le budget alloué au 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche de l’UE. Pour 2010, l’intervention de l’UE se montait à 38,5 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement et à 27 millions EUR en crédits de paiement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board New 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board
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activities/3	added	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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activities/5/docs/0	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur de l'entreprise commune Artemis sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise commune pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour l’entreprise commune. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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 s’inquiète de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'a pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Il appelle dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Il regrette également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appelle à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Il regrette par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, le Parlement estime que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Il appelle dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, le Parlement estime que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : le Parlement constate que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Il observe que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Il prend également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, le Parlement regrette que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer leur performance. Il demande dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Création de nouvelles entreprises communes liées au programme Horizon 2020 : le Parlement prend acte de la proposition de la Commission mettant en place le programme spécifique de réalisation d'Horizon 2020, dans lequel la Commission aborde la possibilité de combiner les entreprises communes ARTEMIS et ENIAC en une seule initiative, ainsi que la possibilité de créer de nouvelles entreprises communes dans le contexte de la réalisation du volet «défis sociaux» d'Horizon 2020. Il demande dès lors à la Commission de tenir l'autorité de décharge au courant de ce dossier ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : le Parlement demande de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : le Parlement souligne que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Sur le total, 6 d’entre elles (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH et ITER-F4E) relèvent du domaine de la recherche, et l’entreprise SESAR relève de la politique des transports, puisqu’elle est chargée d'élaborer un nouveau système de gestion du trafic aérien. Dans ce contexte, le Parlement appelle la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Il rappelle que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Il estime dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté et doit être abordé comme il convient. Il invite dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Le Parlement relève que, à l'exception d’ITER, les entreprises communes sont des structures relativement modestes et concentrées sur le plan géographique. Par conséquent, il estime qu'elles devraient, dans la mesure du possible, regrouper leurs ressources. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à lui fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0189/2012
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 ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability.
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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'entreprise commune Artemis, la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur de l’entreprise commune sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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’entreprise commune. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés s’inquiètent de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'avait pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Ils appellent dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Ils regrettent également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appellent à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Les députés regrettent par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, les députés estiment que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Ils appellent dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, les députés estiment que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : les députés constatent que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Ils observent que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Ils prennent également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, les députés regrettent que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer la performance. Ils demandent dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : les députés demandent de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : les députés soulignent que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Dans ce contexte, les députés appellent la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Ils rappellent que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Ils estiment dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté mais doit être abordé comme il convient. Ils invitent dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial au Parlement sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes. New The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.
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activities/9/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the ‘Societal challenges’ part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commission’s DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE. In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible. Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0189/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21446&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'entreprise commune Artemis. 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’entreprise commune Artemis. Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : Artemis, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 74/2008 du Conseil, pour une période de 10 ans. Elle a pour principale mission de définir et de mettre en œuvre un «programme de recherche» pour le développement de technologies essentielles pour les systèmes informatiques embarqués dans différents domaines d’application afin de renforcer la compétitivité européenne et le développement durable et de permettre l’émergence de nouveaux marchés et de nouvelles applications sociétales ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l'entreprise commune Artemis, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 420 millions EUR prélevés sur le budget alloué au 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche de l’UE. Pour 2010, l’intervention de l’UE se montait à 38,5 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement et à 27 millions EUR en crédits de paiement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/2/docs	deleted	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6086%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 ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability. type Document attached to the procedure title 06086/2012
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activities/4/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-109&language=EN text The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0109/2012
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activities/6/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board New En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'entreprise commune Artemis, la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur de l’entreprise commune sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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’entreprise commune. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés s’inquiètent de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'avait pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Ils appellent dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Ils regrettent également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appellent à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Les députés regrettent par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, les députés estiment que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Ils appellent dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, les députés estiment que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : les députés constatent que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Ils observent que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Ils prennent également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, les députés regrettent que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer la performance. Ils demandent dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : les députés demandent de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : les députés soulignent que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Dans ce contexte, les députés appellent la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Ils rappellent que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Ils estiment dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté mais doit être abordé comme il convient. Ils invitent dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial au Parlement sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes.
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activities/7/docs/0/text	added	Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur de l'entreprise commune Artemis sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise commune pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour l’entreprise commune. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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 s’inquiète de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'a pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Il appelle dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Il regrette également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appelle à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Il regrette par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, le Parlement estime que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Il appelle dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, le Parlement estime que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : le Parlement constate que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Il observe que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Il prend également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, le Parlement regrette que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer leur performance. Il demande dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Création de nouvelles entreprises communes liées au programme Horizon 2020 : le Parlement prend acte de la proposition de la Commission mettant en place le programme spécifique de réalisation d'Horizon 2020, dans lequel la Commission aborde la possibilité de combiner les entreprises communes ARTEMIS et ENIAC en une seule initiative, ainsi que la possibilité de créer de nouvelles entreprises communes dans le contexte de la réalisation du volet «défis sociaux» d'Horizon 2020. Il demande dès lors à la Commission de tenir l'autorité de décharge au courant de ce dossier ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : le Parlement demande de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : le Parlement souligne que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Sur le total, 6 d’entre elles (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH et ITER-F4E) relèvent du domaine de la recherche, et l’entreprise SESAR relève de la politique des transports, puisqu’elle est chargée d'élaborer un nouveau système de gestion du trafic aérien. Dans ce contexte, le Parlement appelle la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Il rappelle que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Il estime dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté et doit être abordé comme il convient. Il invite dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Le Parlement relève que, à l'exception d’ITER, les entreprises communes sont des structures relativement modestes et concentrées sur le plan géographique. Par conséquent, il estime qu'elles devraient, dans la mesure du possible, regrouper leurs ressources. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à lui fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes.
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activities/7/docs/1/text	deleted	PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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activities/8/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the ‘Societal challenges’ part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commission’s DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE. In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible. Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0189/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21446&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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activities/1/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old 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'entreprise commune Artemis. 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’entreprise commune Artemis. Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : Artemis, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 74/2008 du Conseil, pour une période de 10 ans. Elle a pour principale mission de définir et de mettre en œuvre un «programme de recherche» pour le développement de technologies essentielles pour les systèmes informatiques embarqués dans différents domaines d’application afin de renforcer la compétitivité européenne et le développement durable et de permettre l’émergence de nouveaux marchés et de nouvelles applications sociétales ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l'entreprise commune Artemis, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 420 millions EUR prélevés sur le budget alloué au 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche de l’UE. Pour 2010, l’intervention de l’UE se montait à 38,5 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement et à 27 millions EUR en crédits de paiement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board New 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board
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activities/3	added	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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activities/5/docs/0	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur de l'entreprise commune Artemis sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise commune pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour l’entreprise commune. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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 s’inquiète de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'a pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Il appelle dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Il regrette également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appelle à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Il regrette par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, le Parlement estime que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Il appelle dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, le Parlement estime que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : le Parlement constate que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Il observe que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Il prend également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, le Parlement regrette que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer leur performance. Il demande dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Création de nouvelles entreprises communes liées au programme Horizon 2020 : le Parlement prend acte de la proposition de la Commission mettant en place le programme spécifique de réalisation d'Horizon 2020, dans lequel la Commission aborde la possibilité de combiner les entreprises communes ARTEMIS et ENIAC en une seule initiative, ainsi que la possibilité de créer de nouvelles entreprises communes dans le contexte de la réalisation du volet «défis sociaux» d'Horizon 2020. Il demande dès lors à la Commission de tenir l'autorité de décharge au courant de ce dossier ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : le Parlement demande de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : le Parlement souligne que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Sur le total, 6 d’entre elles (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH et ITER-F4E) relèvent du domaine de la recherche, et l’entreprise SESAR relève de la politique des transports, puisqu’elle est chargée d'élaborer un nouveau système de gestion du trafic aérien. Dans ce contexte, le Parlement appelle la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Il rappelle que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Il estime dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté et doit être abordé comme il convient. Il invite dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Le Parlement relève que, à l'exception d’ITER, les entreprises communes sont des structures relativement modestes et concentrées sur le plan géographique. Par conséquent, il estime qu'elles devraient, dans la mesure du possible, regrouper leurs ressources. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à lui fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes. type Décision du Parlement, 1ère lecture/lecture unique title T7-0189/2012
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 ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability.
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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'entreprise commune Artemis, la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur de l’entreprise commune sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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’entreprise commune. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés s’inquiètent de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'avait pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Ils appellent dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Ils regrettent également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appellent à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Les députés regrettent par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, les députés estiment que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Ils appellent dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, les députés estiment que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : les députés constatent que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Ils observent que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Ils prennent également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, les députés regrettent que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer la performance. Ils demandent dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : les députés demandent de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : les députés soulignent que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Dans ce contexte, les députés appellent la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Ils rappellent que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Ils estiment dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté mais doit être abordé comme il convient. Ils invitent dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial au Parlement sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes. New The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.
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activities/9/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the ‘Societal challenges’ part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commission’s DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE. In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible. Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0189/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21446&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'entreprise commune Artemis. 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’entreprise commune Artemis. Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : Artemis, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 74/2008 du Conseil, pour une période de 10 ans. Elle a pour principale mission de définir et de mettre en œuvre un «programme de recherche» pour le développement de technologies essentielles pour les systèmes informatiques embarqués dans différents domaines d’application afin de renforcer la compétitivité européenne et le développement durable et de permettre l’émergence de nouveaux marchés et de nouvelles applications sociétales ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l'entreprise commune Artemis, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 420 millions EUR prélevés sur le budget alloué au 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche de l’UE. Pour 2010, l’intervention de l’UE se montait à 38,5 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement et à 27 millions EUR en crédits de paiement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Publication du document de base non-législatif title COM(2011)0473
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activities/2/docs	deleted	url http://register.consilium.europa.eu/servlet/driver?page=Result&lang=EN&typ=Advanced&cmsid=639&ff_COTE_DOCUMENT=6086%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 ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability. type Document attached to the procedure title 06086/2012
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activities/4/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-109&language=EN text The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted. Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading title A7-0109/2012
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activities/6/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board New En adoptant le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l'entreprise commune Artemis, la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur de l’entreprise commune sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise pour l'exercice 2010. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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’entreprise commune. Ils font toutefois une série de recommandations dont il faut tenir compte au moment de l’octroi de la décharge : Gestion budgétaire et financière : les députés s’inquiètent de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'avait pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Ils appellent dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Ils regrettent également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appellent à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Les députés regrettent par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, les députés estiment que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Ils appellent dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, les députés estiment que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : les députés constatent que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Ils observent que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Ils prennent également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, les députés regrettent que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer la performance. Ils demandent dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : les députés demandent de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : les députés soulignent que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Dans ce contexte, les députés appellent la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Ils rappellent que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Ils estiment dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté mais doit être abordé comme il convient. Ils invitent dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial au Parlement sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes.
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activities/7/docs/0/text	added	Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur de l'entreprise commune Artemis sur l'exécution du budget de l’entreprise commune pour l'exercice 2010. La décision d’octroyer la décharge vaut également clôture des comptes pour l’entreprise commune. Constatant que la Cour des comptes avait indiqué avoir obtenu l’assurance raisonnable que les comptes annuels de l’entreprise commune 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 s’inquiète de constater que le budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 n'a pas été adopté à la fin de l'exercice précédent du fait que la partie opérationnelle du budget dépendait de l’engagement des États membres et que, pour la plupart d’entre eux, cet engagement n’était possible qu’après l’adoption de leur propre budget national. Il appelle dès lors l'entreprise commune et les États membres à trouver un accord sur le calendrier et les modalités de communication de leurs engagements respectifs afin que le budget de l'entreprise commune puisse être adopté en temps utile. Il regrette également que la structure et la présentation du budget 2010 ne respectent pas les dispositions du règlement financier de l'entreprise commune et appelle à des améliorations dans ce domaine. Il regrette par ailleurs le très faible taux d'utilisation des crédits de paiements (37,78%) de cette dernière ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : au vu des systèmes de contrôle interne prévus au sein de l’entreprise commune, le Parlement estime que celle-ci éprouvera des difficultés à faire en sorte que les intérêts financiers de ses membres soient dûment protégés et que les transactions sous-jacentes soient légales et régulières. Il appelle dès lors cette dernière à revoir sa stratégie d'audit ex post des dépenses. D’une manière générale, cependant, le Parlement estime que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles respectifs du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et négociation de projets : le Parlement constate que l'appel à projets de l'entreprise commune a été publié le 26 février 2010 et que 73 propositions de projets de recherche ont été reçues dans la phase "synthèse des projets", dont 72 étaient recevables. Il observe que les 11 propositions sélectionnées vont de 45 millions EUR à 3,4 millions EUR. Il prend également acte de l'introduction de la notion "d'indice de maturité" dans l'appel 2010, ce qui permet d’observer le degré de maturité de la réaction de la communauté Artemis au programme de travail. D’une manière générale, le Parlement regrette que l'évaluation des résultats des projets de l’entreprise manque de détails permettant de mesurer leur performance. Il demande dès lors à l’entreprise commune de mettre en œuvre des indicateurs de performance plus précis pour suivre et passer en revue ses projets à l'avenir ; Création de nouvelles entreprises communes liées au programme Horizon 2020 : le Parlement prend acte de la proposition de la Commission mettant en place le programme spécifique de réalisation d'Horizon 2020, dans lequel la Commission aborde la possibilité de combiner les entreprises communes ARTEMIS et ENIAC en une seule initiative, ainsi que la possibilité de créer de nouvelles entreprises communes dans le contexte de la réalisation du volet «défis sociaux» d'Horizon 2020. Il demande dès lors à la Commission de tenir l'autorité de décharge au courant de ce dossier ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : le Parlement demande de nouveau à l'entreprise commune de conclure rapidement avec la Belgique un accord sur les locaux, les privilèges et immunités et tout autre soutien à apporter par ce pays. Observations horizontales concernant les entreprises communes : le Parlement souligne que 7 entreprises communes ont à ce jour été mises en place par la Commission au titre de l'article 187 du traité sur le fonctionnement de l'Union européenne et que la contribution totale de l'Union jugée nécessaire pour les entreprises communes pendant toute leur durée de vie se chiffre à 11,5 milliards EUR (dont 505 millions EUR rien qu’en 2010). Sur le total, 6 d’entre elles (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH et ITER-F4E) relèvent du domaine de la recherche, et l’entreprise SESAR relève de la politique des transports, puisqu’elle est chargée d'élaborer un nouveau système de gestion du trafic aérien. Dans ce contexte, le Parlement appelle la Commission à fournir chaque année à l'autorité de décharge des informations consolidées sur le financement annuel total par entreprise commune apporté par le budget général de l'Union afin d'assurer transparence et clarté dans l'utilisation des ressources de l'Union et de rétablir la confiance parmi les contribuables européens. Il rappelle que les entreprises communes sont des partenariats public-privé au sein desquels les intérêts publics et privés sont étroitement liés. Il estime dès lors que le risque de conflits d'intérêts ne saurait être écarté et doit être abordé comme il convient. Il invite dès lors les entreprises communes à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification mis en place au sein de leurs structures respectives pour permettre une bonne gestion ainsi que la prévention des conflits d'intérêts. Le Parlement relève que, à l'exception d’ITER, les entreprises communes sont des structures relativement modestes et concentrées sur le plan géographique. Par conséquent, il estime qu'elles devraient, dans la mesure du possible, regrouper leurs ressources. Enfin, la Cour des comptes est appelée à lui fournir, dans un délai raisonnable, un rapport spécial sur la plus-value apportée par la création des entreprises communes.
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activities/7/docs/1/text	deleted	PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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activities/8/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-189 text The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts. Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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. These recommendations may be summarised as follows: Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %; Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied; Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined; Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects; Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the ‘Societal challenges’ part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter; Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it. Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commission’s DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE. In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest. Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible. Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings. type Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title T7-0189/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21446&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted a decision granting discharge to the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Undertaking for the financial year 2010. This decision also approves the closure of the Agency’s accounts.

Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted a resolution containing a series 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.

These recommendations may be summarised as follows:
- Budget and Financial Management: Parliament is concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. It calls on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. It regrets the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. It regrets that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %;
- Internal control systems: Members are concerned that the Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied;
- Internal Audit: Parliament notes that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined;
- Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Parliament states that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. It notes that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. Members note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010. They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects;
- Establishing new joint undertakings under Horizon 2020: Parliament takes note of the Commission's proposal establishing the Specific Programme Implementing Horizon 2020 - The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) - where the Commission raises a possibility of combining ARTEMIS and ENIAC Joint Undertakings into one initiative and the possibility to set up new Joint Undertakings in the context of implementing the ‘Societal challenges’ part of Horizon 2020. It calls on the Commission to keep the discharge authority informed about this matter;
- Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it.
Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). They note that six Joint Undertakings (IMI, ARTEMIS, ENIAC, CLEAN SKY, FCH and ITER-F4E) are in the research area under the Commission’s DGs RTD and INFSO and one is charged with developing the new air traffic management system (SESAR) in the transport domain whose activities are supervised by DG MOVE.

In this context, Parliament calls on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. It recalls that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. Members consider that the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. They call therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest.

Parliament notes, with the notable exception of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy, that Joint Undertakings are relatively small structures and geographically-concentrated and that they should pool their resources where possible.

Lastly, the Court of Auditors is invited to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.

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activities/9/docs/0/text	deleted	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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the Agency's tasks: the joint undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Council Regulation 74/2008/EC for a period of 10 years. The main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to implement a 'Research Agenda' for the development of key technologies for Embedded Computing Systems across different application areas in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability, and allow the emergence of new markets and societal applications. budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 38.5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 27 million in payment appropriations. The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.artemis-ju.eu/governing_board
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The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Monica Luisa MACOVEI (EPP, RO) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking’s accounts. However, they make a number of recommendations that need to be taken into account when the discharge is granted.
- Budget and Financial Management: Members are concerned that the budget of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010 was not adopted by the end of the previous year due to the fact that the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States and that for most of them the amount of commitment can only be ascertained after the adoption of their national budgets. They call on the Joint Undertaking and the contributing Member States to reach an agreement on a timetable and practical arrangements for the disclosure of their respective commitments to enable the adoption of the Joint Undertaking’s budget in due time and to keep the discharge authority informed on this matter. They regret the structure and presentation of the Joint Undertaking’s 2010 budget were not in line with the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and calls for improvement in this area. They regret that the utilisation rate only reached the level of 37.78 %;
- Internal control systems: Members are concerned that Joint Undertaking will have difficulties in ensuring that the financial interests of its members are adequately protected and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular. They call on the Joint Undertaking to reconsider its strategy towards the ex-post audit of cost claims .They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that the strategic IT planning and monitoring cycle, the security policies and rules, IT Risk management and Business Continuity Plan and Disaster Recovery Plan is lagging behind. This situation should be remedied;
- Internal Audit: Members note that the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective operational roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service and the Joint Undertaking’s internal auditing function are clearly defined;
- Call for Proposals and Projects Negotiations: Members state that the Joint Undertaking’s Call 2010 was published on 26 February 2010 and that 73 proposals for research projects were submitted in response to Project Outline (PO) phase of this Call, of which 72 satisfied the eligibility criteria. They note that the 11 selected proposals range in size from EUR 45 million to EUR 3.4 million. They note the introduction of the concept of "Maturity Index" during the Call 2010.They understand that the tool, which aims to help further analysis, was used at PO phase to judge the subjective quality of the POs and to observe the level of maturity of the response of the ARTEMIS community to the work programme. Members observe that the evaluation of the projects’ outcomes often lack details to assess their performance. They call on the Joint Undertaking to develop and implement more precise performance indicators for the future monitoring and review of its projects;
- Lack of host State agreement: Members reiterate that the Joint Undertaking should rapidly conclude a host agreement with Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium to it.
Horizontal observations on the Joint Undertakings: Members underline that seven Joint Undertakings have so far been established by the European Commission under Article 187 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and notes that the total Union contribution deemed necessary for the Joint Undertakings for their period of existence amounts to EUR 11.5 billion (for the financial year 2010 alone, the overall Union contribution amounted to EUR 505 million). Members call on the Commission to provide the discharge authority annually with consolidated information on the total annual funding per Joint Undertaking made from the general budget of the Union in order to ensure transparency and clarity on the use of the Union's funds and restore trust among the European taxpayers. They recall that Joint Undertakings are public-private partnerships and that as a consequence public and private interests are intertwined. The committee is of the opinion that under the circumstances the likelihood of conflicts of interest should not be dismissed but addressed properly. It calls therefore on the Joint Undertakings to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms which exist in their respective structures to enable a proper management and prevention of conflicts of interest.

Lastly, the Court of auditors is asked to provide, within a reasonable deadline, a special report to Parliament, on the added value of the establishment of the Joint Undertakings.

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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 ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking, and the report by the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Joint Undertaking's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking 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 Joint Undertaking'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 Joint Undertaking's Financial Rules, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular; the Council calls on the Joint Undertaking to adopt its annual budgets by the end of the preceding year, to adapt their structure and presentation to the provisions foreseen in its Financial Rules, and to comply with the budgetary principle of annuality: due attention should be paid to the proper implementation of commitment and payment appropriations, thus avoiding under-spending, excessive carry-overs and high cash balances; the Council asks the Joint Undertaking to fully implement and further strengthen its internal controls and financial information systems in order to ensure the legality and regularity of all declared expenditure, as regards the ex-ante verification of cost claims and notably the assurance provided by national authorities' certificates; it encourages the Joint Undertaking to set up its own internal audit capability.
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level;
  
  ·        internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions.
  
  ·        lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed.
  
  The Joint Undertaking’s response:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors.
  
  ·        internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion;
  
  ·        host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the |Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level;
  
  ·        internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions.
  
  ·        lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed.
  
  The Joint Undertaking’s response:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors.
  
  ·        internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion;
  
  ·        host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the |Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level;
  
  ·        internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions.
  
  ·        lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed.
  
  The Joint Undertaking’s response:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors.
  
  ·        internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion;
  
  ·        host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the |Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular.
  
  The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects.
  
  The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
  
  The Court’s observations:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level;
  
  ·        internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions.
  
  ·        lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed.
  
  The Joint Undertaking’s response:
  
  ·        implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors.
  
  ·        internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion;
  
  ·        host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the |Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million.
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activities/3	added	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
activities/4	deleted	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2012-02-19

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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
activities/4	deleted	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2012-02-18

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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2012-02-17

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activities/4	added	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
activities/4	deleted	date 2011-10-25 docs text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. The Charter of the Commission's Internal Audit Service was adopted by the Governing Board on 25 November 2010. The financial rules of Artemis will be amended accordingly at the appropriate occasion; · host state: Artemis Joint Undertaking continues to cooperate for the implementation of the provisions of a Host State agreement and awaits the outcome of the next steps of the procedure to have an agreement signed. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main task of the \|Artemis Joint Undertaking was to launch a Call for proposals with an overall budget of EUR 93 million. type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0029/2012 url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:2011:368:SOM:EN:HTML type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0001 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. 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In the Court’s opinion, the Artemis Joint Undertaking’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 the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2010 are, in all material respects, legal and regular. The report confirms that the maximum EU contribution to the Artemis Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 420 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme. The Artemisia association is to make a maximum contribution of EUR 30 million to the running costs. Artemis Member States are to make in-kind contributions to the running costs (by facilitating the implementation of projects), and to provide financial contributions of at least 1.8 times the EU contribution. In-kind contributions are also to be provided by research organisations participating in projects. The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Joint Undertaking, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows: The Court’s observations: · implementation of the budget : the 2010 budget was not adopted by the end of the previous year (28 January 2010). Its structure and presentation were not in line with the provisions of the financial rules. The final budget included payment appropriations of EUR 27 million. The utilisation rate was 37.7 %. Deposits in bank accounts at the end of the year totalled EUR 16.6 million (60% of the available payment appropriations in 2010). The relatively low implementation rate for payment appropriations reflects the delays at Member State level; · internal control systems: the Joint Undertaking has not fully implemented its internal controls and financial information systems during 2010. The ex post audit of cost claims related to the projects has been fully delegated to the Member States, without any control being exercised by the Joint Undertaking. This will make it difficult for the Joint Undertaking to ensure: (i) that the financial interests of its Members are adequately protected, as required by Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 and (ii) the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions. · lack of host agreement: according to the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking, a host agreement should be concluded between the Joint Undertaking and Belgium concerning office accommodation, privileges and immunities and other support to be provided by Belgium. However, as at the end of 2010, no such agreement had been signed. The Joint Undertaking’s response: · implementation of the budget: because the operational part of the budget depends on the commitment of the Member States, and for most of them that is only possible after adoption of their national budget, the budget was adopted by the Governing Board in its meeting of January 2011. The structure and presentation of the budget have been adapted in the 2011 budget, according to the remarks and recommendations made previously by the Court of Auditors. · internal control systems: ex post audits are primarily delegated to Artemis Member States. Exceptions are foreseen in the adopted ex post audit strategy. Artemis is currently collecting the various national strategies from Member States and their ex post audit results and will then analyse with the IAS (Artemis internal auditor) how to improve the strategy. 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