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Activities of Lucas HARTONG related to 2010/0054(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities as regards the European External Action Service - Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service - Amendment of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities (debate)

2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2010/0054(COD)

Amendments (11)

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1

(1) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (hereinafter the Financial Regulation), lays down the budgetary principles and financial rules which should be respected in all legislative acts. It is ~~necessary~~, however, democratically undesirable to amend certain provisions of the Financial Regulation in order to take account of the amendments introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon.

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2

(2) The undemocratically introduced Treaty of Lisbon can never establishes a European External Action Service (hereinafter “EEAS”). According to the conclusions of the European Council of 29 and 30 October 2009, the EEAS is a service of a sui generis nature and should be treated as an institution for the purposes of the Financial Regulation.

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3

(3) Given that the EEAS should be treated as an institution for the purposes of the Financial Regulation, the European Parliament is to grant discharge to the EEAS for the implementation of the appropriations voted in the EEAS section of the Budget. The European Parliament should also continue to grant discharge to the Commission for the implementation of Commission’s section of the Budget, including operational appropriations implemented by Heads of Delegations who are sub-delegated authorising officers of the Commission.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 4

(4) The Lisbon Treaty foresees that Commission Delegations become part of the EEAS as Union Delegations. In order to ensure their efficient management, all administrative and support expenditure of Union Delegations which finance common costs should be executed by a single support service. To that effect, the Financial Regulation should foresee the possibility for detailed rules, to be agreed with the Commission, in order to facilitate the implementation of the Union Delegations’ operating appropriations entered in the EEAS and the Council sections of the Budget.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5

(5) It is necessary to ensure the continuity of the functioning of Union Delegations and in particular the continuity and efficiency in the management of external aid by the Delegations. Therefore the Commission should be authorised to subdelegate its powers of budget implementation of operational expenditure to Heads of Union Delegations belonging to EEAS as a separate institution. Furthermore, where the Commission implements the budget under direct centralised management, it should be allowed to do so also through sub-delegation to Heads of Union Delegations. The authorising officers by delegation of the Commission should continue to be responsible for the definition of internal management and control systems, while the Heads of Union Delegations should be responsible for the adequate set up and functioning of internal management and control systems and for the management of the funds and the operations carried out within their Delegations and they should report twice a year to that effect.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6

6. In order to comply with the principle of sound financial management, Heads of Union Delegations, when acting as sub- delegated authorising officers of the Commission, should apply the Commission rules and should be subject to the same duties, obligations and accountability as any other sub-delegated authorising officer of the Commission. For those purposes, they should also refer to the Commission as their institution where required.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 7

7. The Commission retains full responsibility for the discharge procedure as concerns the Commission section of the budget implemented by EEAS. In order to allow the Commission to fulfil its responsibilities, the Heads of Union Delegations should provide the necessary information. The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should facilitate the cooperation between Union Delegations and Commission departments.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8

8. The accounting officer of the Commission remains responsible for the entire Commission section of the Budget, including accounting operations relating to appropriations sub-delegated to Heads of Union Delegations. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify that the responsibilities of the accounting officer of the EEAS should only concern the EEAS section of the budget to avoid any overlapping of responsibilities.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9

9. In order to ensure coherence and equality of treatment between sub- delegated authorising officers who are EEAS staff and those who are Commission staff, as well as proper information of the Commission, the special financial irregularities panel of the Commission should also be responsible for handling irregularities within the EEAS where the Commission sub-delegated implementation powers to Heads of Union Delegations. Nonetheless, in order to maintain the link between financial management responsibility and disciplinary action, the Commission should be entitled to request the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to initiate proceedings if irregularities concerning the competencies of the Commission sub- delegated to the Heads of Union Delegations were found by the panel. In such a case the High Representative should take the appropriate action in accordance with the Staff Regulation.deleted

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 10

10. In order to ensure coherence, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of financial control, the ient~~ernal auditor of the Commission should act as the internal auditor of the EEAS in respect of the budget implementation of both the Commission and the EEAS sections of the Budget~~ire proposal and preparation for introduction of the EEAS should immediately be dropped.

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT

Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 11

11. Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ~~should~~ therefore ~~be amended accordingly~~does not need to be amended,

2010/09/10
Committee: BUDG CONT