8 Amendments of Domènec RUIZ DEVESA related to 2019/2057(DEC)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, under the terms of Article 319(2) of the TreatyRule 100 of the Rules of Procedure onf the FunctioEuropean Parliament “other discharge procedures”, the provisions governing of the European Union, the Commission must submit toprocedure for granting discharge to the Commission in accordance with Article 319 of the TFEU, in respect of the implementation of the budget, shall also apply to the procedure for granting discharge to the President of the European Parliament, ato the latter’s request, any necessary informatiopersons responsible for the implementation of the budget of the Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the European Econcerning the execution of expenditure and the operation of financial control systemomic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Development Fund and to the bodies responsible for the budgetary management of legally independent entities which carry out Union tasks;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the procedure of giving discharge separately to the individual Union institutions and bodies is a long- standing practice accepted by all the other institutions except the Council, and whereas this procedure has been developed to guarantee transparency and democratic accountability towards Union citizens and to pursue the necessary fight against fraud;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the urgent need for a memorandum of understanding between the European Parliament, Council and the Commission and the Council, that duly respects their respective roles, on the provision of the information necessary for Parliament to take an informed decision on discharge; considers that the negotiations with the Council to this end should be resumed and extended to the Commission, so as to ensure that Parliament is provided with the necessary information on how the Council is implementing its budget, either directly or via the Commisssatisfactory cooperation between both institutions in the form of an open and formal dialogue procedure would send a positive signal to the citizens of the Union;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines the role of Parliament within the discharge procedure, as governed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Financial Regulation, and, fully acknowledging the Council’s role as an institution giving recommendations in the discharge procedure, stresses that a distinction must be maintained in respect of the different roles played by Parliament and the Council in order to comply with the institutional framework laid down in the Treaties and in the Financial Regulation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that Parliament grants discharge to the other institutions after considering the documents provided, the replies given to the questions and after hearing the secretaries-general of the other institutions;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the opinion that Parliament should address its decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget to the Commission alone, while continuing the practice ofcontinue to grant discharge to each of the institutions and bodies of the Union and continue to adopting accompanying resolutions with observations addressed to each of the Union’s institutions and bodies, so asthem as it has been doing regularly, in order to ensure that no section of the EU budget is implemenexecuted without proper scrutiny;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls the difficulties repeatedly encountered in the Council discharge procedures to date, due to the lack of cooperation from the Council, which led Parliament to refuse to grant discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in relation to the financial years 2009 to 2017; reiterates that the Council must take part fully and in good faith in the annual discharge procedure, just as the other institutions do, in order to be transparent and fully accountable to Union citizens for the funds entrusted to it as a Union institution;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that, while the current situation could be improved through better cooperation between Union institutions inside the Treaties framework, a the next revision of the Treaties cshould ultimately be required in order to render the discharge procedure more clear, in the senseconsider clarifying the discharge procedure, so that the Parliament is tasked wihas the theask and explicit competence to grant dischargemanagement approval to all institutions and bodieorganisations individually.