2011/2242(DEC)

2010 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking

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2011/2242(DEC) 2010 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking

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

Lead committee dossier: CONT/7/07281

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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
- T7-0192/2012 summary
  
  The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertakings budget 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 notes the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. It notes that all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last six weeks of 2010. It urges the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Parliament calls on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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
- A7-0110/2012 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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/7/07281 MACOVEI Monica Luisa EPP
- ITRE
2012/03/07 Amendments tabled in committee
- PE483.676
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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 asks the Joint Undertaking to formalise the business processes underlying its internal control systems, and invites the Joint Undertaking's Accounting Officer to validate them without delay; it calls on the Joint Undertaking to set up as soon as possible the methodology to be used for the evaluation of in-kind contributions to projects; the Council encourages the Joint Undertaking to complete its Financial Rules.
2012/02/06 Committee draft report
- PE474.058
2011/10/25 Court of Auditors: opinion, report
- N7-0034/2012 summary
  
  PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking. In the Courts opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertakings financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Courts view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JUs control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commissions Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertakings Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertakings financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commissions Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors report contains a summary of the Joint Undertakings activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
- OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040
2011/10/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
- CONT CONT/7/07281 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH Joint Undertaking) located in Brussels, was set up in 2008 by Council Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 for the period up to 31 December 2017. The objectives of the FCH JU include supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme in a coordinated manner together with industry and research organisations in order to focus on developing market applications and hence facilitating additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 97.4 million in commitments. The complete version of the Joint Undertakings final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf
- 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: N7-0034/2012
Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040
Committee draft report: PE474.058
Document attached to the procedure: 06086/2012
Amendments tabled in committee: PE483.676
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0110/2012
Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0192/2012
Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament

Amendments	Dossier
9	2011/2242(DEC) 2010 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking 2012/07/03 CONT 9 amendments... Amendment 1 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Grants the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 2 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Grants the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2010; Amendment 3 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the FCH Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010; Amendment 4 # Edit HERCZOG Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the FCH Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010; Amendment 5 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes with great concern that the Joint Undertaking used one quarter of its envisaged duration, up to 31 December 2017, to achieve financial autonomy; insists that these delays should not however cause a prolongation of the 10 year period of its existence but should embolden the management of the Joint Undertaking to address all shortcomings and reach its objectives within the envisaged 10 year period;deleted Amendment 6 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes with great concern that the Joint Undertaking used one quarter of its envisaged duration, up to 31 December 2017, to achieve financial autonomy; insists that these delays should not however cause a prolongation ~~of the 10 year period of its existence~~beyond the official term of 31 December 2017 but should embolden the management of the Joint Undertaking to address all shortcomings and reach its objectives within the envisaged ~~10 year period~~lifetime; Amendment 7 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Regrets that a list of the Joint Undertaking's beneficiaries has not been made available to the public; is of the opinion that this reflects a lack of transparency from the Joint Undertaking; urges the Joint Undertaking, therefore, to publish on its website a list of beneficiaries for each Call for Proposals launched until now;deleted Amendment 8 # Edit HERCZOG Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. ~~Regret~~Notes that a list of the Joint Undertaking's beneficiaries has not been made available to the public; ~~is of the opinion that this reflects a lack of transparency from the Joint Undertaking; urges~~calls on the Joint Undertaking~~, therefore,~~ to publish on its website a list of beneficiaries for each Call for Proposals launched until now; Amendment 9 # Monica Luisa MACOVEI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. 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-483.676

Amendments

Dossier

2011/2242(DEC) 2010 discharge: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Joint Undertaking

2012/07/03 CONT 9 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

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

Amendment 2 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 1
Paragraph 1

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

Amendment 3 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the FCH Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 4 #

Edit HERCZOG

Proposal for a decision 2
Paragraph 1

1. ~~...~~Approves the closure of the accounts of the FCH Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2010;

Amendment 5 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with great concern that the Joint Undertaking used one quarter of its envisaged duration, up to 31 December 2017, to achieve financial autonomy; insists that these delays should not however cause a prolongation of the 10 year period of its existence but should embolden the management of the Joint Undertaking to address all shortcomings and reach its objectives within the envisaged 10 year period;deleted

Amendment 6 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Notes with great concern that the Joint Undertaking used one quarter of its envisaged duration, up to 31 December 2017, to achieve financial autonomy; insists that these delays should not however cause a prolongation ~~of the 10 year period of its existence~~beyond the official term of 31 December 2017 but should embolden the management of the Joint Undertaking to address all shortcomings and reach its objectives within the envisaged ~~10 year period~~lifetime;

Amendment 7 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Regrets that a list of the Joint Undertaking's beneficiaries has not been made available to the public; is of the opinion that this reflects a lack of transparency from the Joint Undertaking; urges the Joint Undertaking, therefore, to publish on its website a list of beneficiaries for each Call for Proposals launched until now;deleted

Amendment 8 #

Edit HERCZOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Regret~~Notes that a list of the Joint Undertaking's beneficiaries has not been made available to the public; ~~is of the opinion that this reflects a lack of transparency from the Joint Undertaking; urges~~calls on the Joint Undertaking~~, therefore,~~ to publish on its website a list of beneficiaries for each Call for Proposals launched until now;

Amendment 9 #

Monica Luisa MACOVEI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. 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-483.676

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2012-11-15

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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 « Piles à combustible et Hydrogène » (PCH). 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 « Piles à combustible et Hydrogène ». Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : l'entreprise commune PCH, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 521/2008 du Conseil, pour une période allant jusqu'au 31 décembre 2017. Elle a pour principale mission de soutenir les actions de recherche, de développement technologique et de démonstration dans les États membres et dans les pays associés au 7^ème programme-cadre destinées à privilégier le développement d'applications commerciales de nature à faciliter de nouveaux efforts industriels en vue du déploiement rapide des technologies des piles à combustible et hydrogène ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l’entreprise commune PCH, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 470 millions EUR, à prélever sur le budget du 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche. Pour 2010, la contribution de l’UE se chiffrait à 97,4 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH Joint Undertaking) located in Brussels, was set up in 2008 by Council Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 for the period up to 31 December 2017. The objectives of the FCH JU include supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme in a coordinated manner together with industry and research organisations in order to focus on developing market applications and hence facilitating additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 97.4 million in commitments. The complete version of the Joint Undertaking’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf
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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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 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-2012-192 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'entreprise commune "Piles à combustible et Hydrogène" 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 constate le faible taux d’exécution des crédits de paiement correspondant aux crédits d’infrastructure (15,39% seulement) du fait de l’autonomie tardive de l'entreprise commune. Il relève également que tous les paiements opérationnels en faveur des bénéficiaires ont été effectués au cours des six dernières semaines de 2010. Il invite dès lors l’entreprise commune à expliquer les retards de recrutement à l'autorité de décharge et à parvenir à un meilleur taux d’exécution de son budget ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : le Parlement invite l'entreprise commune à formaliser et à valider les processus opérationnels sous-jacents en temps voulu, comme l'exige le règlement financier. Il se réjouit de constater que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat, même si la formalisation des politiques et des procédures accusait un retard dans certains domaines. Parallèlement, le Parlement rappelle que l'entreprise commune a été créée en mai 2008, mais qu'elle est devenue autonome en 2010. Il s’inquiète que la méthodologie servant à l’évaluation des contributions en nature n’a toujours pas été élaborée et invite cette dernière à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les développements récents concernant l'adoption et la mise en œuvre de cette méthodologie ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et gestion de projet : le Parlement constate que l'évaluation de l'appel à propositions pour 2010 a été réalisée par 32 experts indépendants et un président, et que deux observateurs indépendants ont contrôlé la procédure d’évaluation. Il invite l'entreprise commune à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification qu'elle met en œuvre pour garantir la pleine indépendance des experts et des observateurs et ainsi atténuer le risque de conflits d'intérêts au cours de l'évaluation des offres ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : enfin, 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 T7-0192/2012
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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 asks the Joint Undertaking to formalise the business processes underlying its internal control systems, and invites the Joint Undertaking's Accounting Officer to validate them without delay; it calls on the Joint Undertaking to set up as soon as possible the methodology to be used for the evaluation of in-kind contributions to projects; the Council encourages the Joint Undertaking to complete its Financial Rules.
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activities/8/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old En adoptant à l’unanimité le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l’entreprise commune "Piles à combustible et Hydrogène", la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif 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 constatent le faible taux d’exécution des crédits de paiement correspondant aux crédits d’infrastructures (15,39% seulement) du fait de l’autonomie tardive de l'entreprise commune. Ils invitent dès lors celle-ci à expliquer les retards de recrutement à l'autorité de décharge et à parvenir à un meilleur taux d’exécution de son budget ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : les députés invitent l'entreprise commune à formaliser et à valider les processus opérationnels sous-jacents en temps voulu, comme l'exige le règlement financier. Ils se réjouissent de constater que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat, même si la formalisation des politiques et des procédures accusait un retard dans certains domaines. Parallèlement, les députés rappellent que l'entreprise commune a été créée en mai 2008, mais qu'elle est devenue autonome en 2010. Ils s’inquiètent que la méthodologie servant à l’évaluation des contributions en nature n’a toujours pas été élaborée et invitent cette dernière à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les développements récents concernant l'adoption et la mise en œuvre de cette méthodologie ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et gestion de projet : les députés constatent que l'évaluation de l'appel à propositions pour 2010 a été réalisée par 32 experts indépendants et un président, et que deux observateurs indépendants ont contrôlé la procédure d’évaluation. Ils invitent l'entreprise commune à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification qu'elle met en œuvre pour garantir la pleine indépendance des experts et des observateurs et ainsi atténuer le risque de conflits d'intérêts au cours de l'évaluation des offres ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : enfin, 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 la Belgique. 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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-2012-192 text The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget 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 notes the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. It notes that all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last six weeks of 2010. It urges the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Parliament calls on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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 T7-0192/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21447&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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activities/0/docs/0/text/0	changed	Old Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 asks the Joint Undertaking to formalise the business processes underlying its internal control systems, and invites the Joint Undertaking's Accounting Officer to validate them without delay; it calls on the Joint Undertaking to set up as soon as possible the methodology to be used for the evaluation of in-kind contributions to projects; the Council encourages the Joint Undertaking to complete its Financial Rules. New 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 « Piles à combustible et Hydrogène » (PCH). 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 « Piles à combustible et Hydrogène ». Pour 2010, les tâches et budget de cette entreprise commune se présentaient comme suit : description des tâches de l’entreprise commune : l'entreprise commune PCH, dont le siège est situé à Bruxelles, a été créée en vertu du règlement (CE) n° 521/2008 du Conseil, pour une période allant jusqu'au 31 décembre 2017. Elle a pour principale mission de soutenir les actions de recherche, de développement technologique et de démonstration dans les États membres et dans les pays associés au 7^ème programme-cadre destinées à privilégier le développement d'applications commerciales de nature à faciliter de nouveaux efforts industriels en vue du déploiement rapide des technologies des piles à combustible et hydrogène ; budget de l’entreprise commune pour l’exercice 2010 : la contribution maximale de l’UE à l’entreprise commune PCH, qui couvre les frais de fonctionnement et les activités de recherche, s’élève à 470 millions EUR, à prélever sur le budget du 7^ème programme-cadre de recherche. Pour 2010, la contribution de l’UE se chiffrait à 97,4 millions EUR en crédits d'engagement. Pour connaître le détail des comptes définitifs de l’entreprise commune se reporter à l'adresse suivante: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf
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activities/2/docs	deleted	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2012-192 text The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget 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 notes the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. It notes that all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last six weeks of 2010. It urges the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Parliament calls on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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 T7-0192/2012 url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=21447&l=en type Results of vote in Parliament title Results of vote in Parliament
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activities/4/docs	deleted	text PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040
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activities/5/docs	deleted	url http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2011&nu_doc=473 text PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH Joint Undertaking) located in Brussels, was set up in 2008 by Council Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 for the period up to 31 December 2017. The objectives of the FCH JU include supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme in a coordinated manner together with industry and research organisations in order to focus on developing market applications and hence facilitating additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 97.4 million in commitments. The complete version of the Joint Undertaking’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf celexid CELEX:52011DC0473:EN type Non-legislative basic document published title COM(2011)0473
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activities/6/docs	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-110&language=FR text En adoptant à l’unanimité le rapport de Monica Luisa MACOVEI (PPE, RO) sur la décharge à octroyer à l’entreprise commune "Piles à combustible et Hydrogène", la commission du contrôle budgétaire appelle le Parlement européen à octroyer la décharge au directeur exécutif 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 constatent le faible taux d’exécution des crédits de paiement correspondant aux crédits d’infrastructures (15,39% seulement) du fait de l’autonomie tardive de l'entreprise commune. Ils invitent dès lors celle-ci à expliquer les retards de recrutement à l'autorité de décharge et à parvenir à un meilleur taux d’exécution de son budget ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : les députés invitent l'entreprise commune à formaliser et à valider les processus opérationnels sous-jacents en temps voulu, comme l'exige le règlement financier. Ils se réjouissent de constater que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat, même si la formalisation des politiques et des procédures accusait un retard dans certains domaines. Parallèlement, les députés rappellent que l'entreprise commune a été créée en mai 2008, mais qu'elle est devenue autonome en 2010. Ils s’inquiètent que la méthodologie servant à l’évaluation des contributions en nature n’a toujours pas été élaborée et invitent cette dernière à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les développements récents concernant l'adoption et la mise en œuvre de cette méthodologie ; Audit interne : les députés observent que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et gestion de projet : les députés constatent que l'évaluation de l'appel à propositions pour 2010 a été réalisée par 32 experts indépendants et un président, et que deux observateurs indépendants ont contrôlé la procédure d’évaluation. Ils invitent l'entreprise commune à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification qu'elle met en œuvre pour garantir la pleine indépendance des experts et des observateurs et ainsi atténuer le risque de conflits d'intérêts au cours de l'évaluation des offres ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : enfin, 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 la Belgique. 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. type Dépôt du rapport de la commission, lecture unique title A7-0110/2012
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activities/7/docs/0	added	url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=FR&reference=P7-TA-2012-192 text Le Parlement européen a adopté une décision concernant la décharge à octroyer au directeur exécutif de l'entreprise commune "Piles à combustible et Hydrogène" 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 constate le faible taux d’exécution des crédits de paiement correspondant aux crédits d’infrastructure (15,39% seulement) du fait de l’autonomie tardive de l'entreprise commune. Il relève également que tous les paiements opérationnels en faveur des bénéficiaires ont été effectués au cours des six dernières semaines de 2010. Il invite dès lors l’entreprise commune à expliquer les retards de recrutement à l'autorité de décharge et à parvenir à un meilleur taux d’exécution de son budget ; Systèmes de contrôle interne : le Parlement invite l'entreprise commune à formaliser et à valider les processus opérationnels sous-jacents en temps voulu, comme l'exige le règlement financier. Il se réjouit de constater que l'entreprise commune dispose, compte tenu de sa taille et de sa mission, d'un niveau de gouvernance et de pratique informatiques adéquat, même si la formalisation des politiques et des procédures accusait un retard dans certains domaines. Parallèlement, le Parlement rappelle que l'entreprise commune a été créée en mai 2008, mais qu'elle est devenue autonome en 2010. Il s’inquiète que la méthodologie servant à l’évaluation des contributions en nature n’a toujours pas été élaborée et invite cette dernière à informer l'autorité de décharge sur les développements récents concernant l'adoption et la mise en œuvre de cette méthodologie ; Audit interne : le Parlement observe que la Commission et l’entreprise commune ont pris des mesures pour garantir que les rôles du Service d’audit interne (SAI) soient clairement définis sur le plan opérationnel ; Appel à propositions et gestion de projet : le Parlement constate que l'évaluation de l'appel à propositions pour 2010 a été réalisée par 32 experts indépendants et un président, et que deux observateurs indépendants ont contrôlé la procédure d’évaluation. Il invite l'entreprise commune à informer l'autorité de décharge des mécanismes de vérification qu'elle met en œuvre pour garantir la pleine indépendance des experts et des observateurs et ainsi atténuer le risque de conflits d'intérêts au cours de l'évaluation des offres ; Absence d’accord sur le siège : enfin, 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 T7-0192/2012
activities/7/docs/1/text	deleted	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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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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The European Parliament adopted a decision to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the FCH Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget 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 notes the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. It notes that all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last six weeks of 2010. It urges the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments;
- Internal Control Systems: Parliament calls on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter;
- Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders;
- 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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The objectives of the FCH JU include supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme in a coordinated manner together with industry and research organisations in order to focus on developing market applications and hence facilitating additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 97.4 million in commitments. The complete version of the Joint Undertaking’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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/8	deleted	date 2012-04-04 docs url http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2012-110&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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments; Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter; Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders; 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 A7-0110/2012 body EP type Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading

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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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking and called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the FCH 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 note the low execution rate on Infrastructure payment appropriations, i.e. 15.39%, related to the late autonomy of the Joint Undertaking. They urge the Joint Undertaking, moreover, to inform the discharge authority about the measures adopted and implemented to redress the situation and enable a greater execution rate of its budget both in terms of commitments and payments;
- Internal Control Systems: Members call on the Joint Undertaking and in particular its Accounting Officer to formalise and validate the underlying business processes as required by its financial rules. They note that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission but stress that formalisation of policies and procedures in strategic IT planning cycle, etc is lagging behind. They call on the Joint Undertaking to remedy the situation and provide the discharge authority with an up-to-date report on the matter;
- Internal Audit: Members take 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 Project Management: Members note that the evaluation of the Call for Proposal 2010 was carried out by 32 independent experts and a chairperson, and that two independent observers monitored that the evaluation procedure was carried out in a fair, impartial and confidential manner. They call on the Joint Undertaking to inform the discharge authority on the verification mechanisms that it implements to ensure the full independence of experts and observers and therefore to mitigate the risks of conflicts of interests during the evaluation of tenders;
- 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/1/docs/0/text	added	PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge procedure. Analysis of the accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU). 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows: description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking: the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH Joint Undertaking) located in Brussels, was set up in 2008 by Council Regulation (EC) No 521/2008 for the period up to 31 December 2017. The objectives of the FCH JU include supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in the Member States and countries associated with the Seventh Framework Programme in a coordinated manner together with industry and research organisations in order to focus on developing market applications and hence facilitating additional industrial efforts towards a rapid deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen technologies; budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 97.4 million in commitments. The complete version of the Joint Undertaking’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.fch-ju.eu/sites/default/files/Accounts%202010%20FINAL%20signed_0.pdf
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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- PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking.
  
  In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution.
  
  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:
  
  delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010;
  
  internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas;
  
  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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control;
  
  audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function;
  
  host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission.
  
  Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows:
  
  revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities;
  
  drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million;
  
  publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals;
  
  development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea),
  
  exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions);
  
  cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP).
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 body CoA type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. 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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title OJ C 368 16.12.2011, p. 0040 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH) Joint Undertaking. In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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In the Court’s opinion, the FCH 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 Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 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 FCH Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research activities is EUR 470 million financed from the budget of the Seventh Framework Programme, of which the proportion earmarked for running costs must not exceed EUR 20 million. The Industry Grouping should contribute 50 % of the running costs (up to a maximum of EUR 10 million) and should contribute to the funding of research activities through in-kind contributions at least equal to the EU financial contribution. 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: delayed financial autonomy: the Court is of the view that the period of 28 months from the date the Council Regulation came into force to the date of the actual financial autonomy on 15 November 2010 is excessive. As a result of the delayed financial autonomy, all the 2010 operational payments to beneficiaries were made during the last 6 weeks of 2010; internal control systems: at the end of 2010, the underlying business processes had not yet been formalised and had not been validated by the Accounting Officer as required by the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. The limited review of the IT controls showed that the Joint Undertaking has an adequate level of IT governance and practice for its size and mission, but the formalisation of policies and procedures is lagging behind in certain areas; 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: the Joint Undertaking shares the Court’s view that the period from the entry into force of the Council Regulation setting up the Joint Undertaking to the date of the actual financial autonomy was long. However, the Joint Undertaking would like to point out that all necessary steps were taken by the JU towards the autonomy (e.g. a readiness assessment report proving compliance with the autonomy criteria was submitted to the Commission on time) and therefore the delay in granting autonomy was the result of events out of the JU’s control; audit: the Commission and the Joint Undertaking have taken action to ensure that the respective roles of the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) and the Joint Undertaking’s Internal Audit Manager (IAM) are clearly defined. The FCH Joint Undertaking is of the opinion that there is no need to amend the Joint Undertaking’s financial rules. However, after finalisation of the revision of the Commission’s Framework Financial Regulation, the Joint Undertaking will assess the need and appropriateness to amend its financial rules on all relevant aspects, including the audit function; host state: the Joint Undertaking has again contacted the Belgian authorities early June 2011 to finalise an agreeable text based on the Belgian proposal and the comments from the Commission. Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Joint Undertaking’s activities in 2010. The main tasks of the FCH Joint Undertaking may be described as follows: revision of the Multi Annual Implementation Plan (MAIP), launched in November 2010 with the focus on updating programme targets and priorities; drafting of the RTD priorities and 2010 call topics (25) with an indicative Joint Undertaking funding of EUR 89.1 million; publication of the 2010 call for proposals in June 2010 and evaluation of the proposals; development of the international cooperation with key partners (USA, Japan and Korea), exchange of information with the Member States and the Associated countries (information sessions); cooperation with the European Regions (via HyRaMP). type Court of Auditors: opinion, report title N7-0034/2012 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. 0040 body type Court of Auditors: opinion, report
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2012-02-11

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Lead Rapporteur	MACOVEI Monica Luisa (EPP)
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