Activities of Miroslav POCHE related to 2015/2200(DEC)
Plenary speeches (1)
Discharge 2014: Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (IMI) (A8-0081/2016 - Marian-Jean Marinescu) CS
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (formerly the Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines) for the financial year 2014 PDF (276 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the scope of the Court of Auditor's ('the Court') specific annual report is based on too many general remarks to the detrihe reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, together with elements of viable, specific ones; therefore calls for an budgetary and financial management, internal control systems, and other matters; wishes to obtain auddit with a more accentuated focusional information on the annual financial performance, on the implementation status of multiannual projects (including a clear presentation of the implementation of the budget for the respective year and for previous years) and the results andof its implementation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the lack of information regarding the ex-post audits performed by IMI Joint Undertaking and IMI 2 Joint Undertaking; calls on the Court to include in the future reports information regarding the number of ex-post audits, the total amounts covered and the findingunqualified opinion of the Court on the legality and regularity of transactions underlying the annual accounts of the Joint Undertaking for the year 2014 and acknowledges that the Joint Undertaking has met the materiality threshold. Notes that information on ex post audits is laid out in the Annual Activity Report of the Joint Undertaking. Takes note that the Court has not included this information in its report on the annual accounts, as it was not deemed of consequence or relevance for the purpose of the audit opinion. Encourages the Court to refer to this information in its future opinions;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the performance of operational ex-ante controls on the payment of project costs was insufficiently documented; the ex-ante control performed by the Joint Undertaking's Scientific Project Officers (SPO) did not clearly identify and comment upon the status of the project (on-going, on-going subject to deficiencies, suspended/cancelled) and its deliverables (no reservations, reservations requiring clarification, major reservations); and payment was made without an official listing of deliverables accepted by the SPO and without any reference to the assessment of deliverables by the SPO; takes note that the Joint Undertaking has established an action plan to address auditors' observations and enhance ex ante control system;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that, in the absence of aNotes that no clear separation was made between FP 7 and Horizon 2020 implementation-related information, these indicators do not ensure a real evaluation of performance; calls on the Court to set out in its futur due to the non-material nature of payments in 2014, which was the first year of implementation of Horizon 2020. Asks the Court to provide rseportsarate information regarding the executionon budgetary implementation for FP7 and Horizon 2020 in its report for 2015. Therefore calls ofn the budgeJoint uUnder FP 7 and that of Horizon 2020 separately; taking to provide this additional information in its Report on Budgetary and Financial Management for 2015;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note that the commitment appropriations and payment appropriations for the FP 7 and Horizon 2020 are not presented separately in the report or in the Annual Accounts; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report this data to the dischCourt's report; takes note that in the context of operational budget execution, commitment appropriations presented in the Joint Undertaking's Annual Activity Report and Annual Accounts arge authority in a way that distinguishes FP 7 and Horizon 2020broken down into FP7 and Horizon 2020; calls on the Joint Undertaking to include more information on budget execution (commitment and payments) for FP 7 and Horizon 2020 programmes in the upcoming annual reports;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note that in the commitment appropriations and payment appropriations for the FP 7 and Horizon 2020 are not presented separately in the report or in the Annual Accounts; calls on the Joint Undertaking to report this data to the discharge authority in a way that distinguishes FP 7 and Horizon 2020ntext of operational budget execution, commitment appropriations presented in the Annual Activity Report and Annual Accounts are broken down into FP 7 and Horizon 2020. Calls on the Joint Undertaking to include more information on budget execution (commitment and payments) for FP 7 and Horizon 2020 programmes in the upcoming annual reports;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack ofNotes that the Joint Undertaking has included information regarding in-kind and cash contributions; calls on the Cou in its financial statement and Annual Activity Report; to include, in its future reports, specific provisions regardakes note that the Court has reviewed this information ing the evaluation procedure and the level of in- kind and cash contributions that are set out separately for FP 7 and Horizon 2020context of its work on the ex-post audits and encourages the Court to further report significant findings where necessary;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that as IMI 2 Joint Undertaking took over the activity of IMI Joint Undertaking ion May 2014, there is not enough clear information regarding the status of implementation of IMI26 June 2014. Acknowledges that 2014 Joint Undertaking 's projects (level of payments or payments plans for the next years)accounts provide an overview of payments by project and estimated remaining balances;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the fact that the declaration of interests of the Acting Executive Director was published on the Joint Undertaking's website; the namesCurricula Vitae of the members of the Joint Undertaking 's Governing Board, and Scientific Committee and States Representatives Group are all publicly available via the website; notes that in the case of the Scientific Committee, the members' Curricula Viacknowledges that names and contact details of each member of the State are also available; encourages the Joint Undertaking to publish each Curriculum Vitae on the websitRepresentatives group are also publically available;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Regrets that the Joint Undertaking failed to publish a reporWelcomes the publication of a short analysis on Joint Undertaking's project outputs linked to socio-economic impacts in February 2016; takes note that oan theextended analysis of socio- economic impact of its activitiis under preparation by external experts and should be published on May 2016 at the latest; calls on the Joint Undertaking to submit that report to the discharge authority the abovementioned report.