Activities of Miroslav POCHE related to 2017/2185(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 2 Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016 PDF (284 KB) DOC (56 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the members of FCH2 are the Union, represented by the Commission, the New Energy World Industry Grouping AISBL (‘Industry Grouping’), renamed Hydrogen Europe in 2016, and the New European Research Grouping on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen AISBL (‘Research Grouping’);
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in FCH2, the maximum Union contribution is EUR 665 000 000 from the Horizon 2020 and the members from the Industry and Research Groupings are expected to contribute resources of at least EUR 380 000 000 to, comprising in- kind contributions in the Horizon 2020 projects funded by the FCH2, including-kind contributions to additional activities (of at least EUR 285 000 000 of in- kind) and in cash- contributions to additional activitieministrative costs;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the annual activity report observes that the ex-post audit effort was pursued with the launch of 18 new audits, for the first time using the research, technological development and demonstration framework contract for the Seventh Framework Programme audits and signing specific contracts with four external audit firms; Notes that the residual error rate was below 2 %;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that out of the EUR 470 000 000 of in-kind and cash contributions to be made by the members of the Industry and Research Groupings to the operational activities of the FCH2, by the end of 2016, the governing board had validated contributions of EUR 299 000 000; points out that additional in-kind contributions to operational activities of EUR 40 600 000 had been reported to the FCH2 by the end of 2016, highlights the fact that consequently, at the end of 2016, the total contribution of the members of the Industry and Research Groupings to the Joint Undertaking amounted to EUR 339 600 000, compared to the Union contribution of EUR 383 700 000;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the 2016 call for proposals was published on 19 January 2016, including, in accordance with the FCH2 2016 annual work programme, 24 topics with an indicative budget of EUR 117 500 000; notes, moreover, that that call closed on 3 May 2016 and received 81 proposals; points out that 16 out of 19 grant agreements were signed in 2016;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the direct involvement of the Joint Undertaking in the process of the Horizon 2020 mid-term review in the sphere of further simplifications and harmonisation of joint undertakings.