Parlament Europejski2019-2024

Komisja Kontroli Budżetowej

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PROTOKÓŁPosiedzenie w dniu 16 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 13.45–15.45 i 16.45–18.45

BRUKSELA

Monika Hohlmeier (przewodnicząca) otworzyła posiedzenie w poniedziałek 16 listopada 2020 r. o godz. 13.46.

16 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 13.45–15.15

1. Przyjęcie porządku dziennego

Projekt porządku dziennego został przyjęty w formie przedstawionej w niniejszym protokole.

2. Komunikaty przewodniczącej

Przewodnicząca zwróciła uwagę posłów na informacje zawarte w CONT News.

3. Absolutorium za rok 2019: budżet ogólny UE – Europejska Służba Działań ZewnętrznychCONT/9/03852

2020/2149(DEC) COM(2020)0288[10] – C9-0229/2020

Sprawozdawca:Cristian Ghinea (Renew)

Przedm. właśc.:CONT

Opiniodaw.:AFET, DEVE, AFCO

Wymiana poglądów z Wysokim Przedstawicielem Unii do Spraw Zagranicznych i Polityki Bezpieczeństwa Josepem Borrellem Fontellesem w obecności François-

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Rogera Cazali, członka ETO pełniącego rolę sprawozdawcy w zakresie wydatków administracyjnych UE

Głos zabrali:

Monika Hohlmeier, François-Roger Cazala (członek ETO), Josep Borrell Fontelles (Wysoki Przedstawiciel Unii ds. Zagranicznych i Polityki Bezpieczeństwa oraz Wiceprzewodniczący Komisji), Christian Ghinea, Helga Schmid (sekretarz generalna ESDZ), Gianmarco Di Vita (ESDZ, dyrektor generalny ds. budżetu i administracji), Isabel García Muñoz, Jeroen Lenaers, Dominique Bilde, Daniel Freund, Tomáš Zdechovský.

Isabel García Muñoz (pierwsza wiceprzewodnicząca) przewodniczyła posiedzeniu w godz. 14.21–15.02.

16 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 15.15–15.45

4. Sprawozdanie Europejskiego Trybunału Obrachunkowego w sprawie wykonania budżetu UE – stan z końca 2019 r.CONT/9/04591 Prezentacja sprawozdania specjalnego przez Jana Gregora, członka ETO

sporządzającego sprawozdanie

Głos zabrali:

Monika Hohlmeier, Jan Gregor (członek ETO), Rosa Aldea Busquets (Komisja, DG BUDG), Joachim Kuhs, Markus Pieper, Tsvetelina Penkova, Olivier Chastel, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Martina Dlabajová, Gert Jan Koopman (Komisja, DG BUDG).

Posiedzenie zawieszono o godz. 15.53.

Przewodnicząca Monika Hohlmeier wznowiła posiedzenie o godz. 16.52.

16 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 16.45–17.15

Kontynuacja pkt 4 – wymiana poglądów z członkiem ETO sporządzającym sprawozdanie Janem Gregorem na temat sprawozdania Europejskiego Trybunału Obrachunkowego w sprawie wykonania budżetu UE – stan z końca 2019 r.

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16 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 17.15–18.45

5. Absolutorium za rok 2019: budżet ogólny UE - Parlament Europejski

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CONT/9/037092020/2141(DEC) COM(2020)0288[02] – C9-0221/2020

Sprawozdawca:Petri Sarvamaa (PPE)

Przedm. właśc.:CONT

Wymiana poglądów z wiceprzewodniczącym Parlamentu Europejskiego odpowiedzialnym za budżet Pedro Silvą Pereirą, sekretarzem generalnym Klausem Welle, audytorem wewnętrznym Parlamentu Europejskiego Robertem Galvinem, dyrektorem Urzędu ds. Europejskich Partii Politycznych i Europejskich Fundacji Politycznych Michaelem Adamem w obecności członka ETO pełniącego rolę sprawozdawcy w zakresie wydatków administracyjnych UE François-Rogera Cazali

Głos zabrali:

Monika Hohlmeier, François-Roger Cazala (członek ETO), Pedro Silva Pereira, Klaus Welle, Robert Galvin, Michael Adam, Petri Sarvamaa, Lara Wolters, Gilles Boyer, Daniel Freund.

6. Sprawy różne

Brak.

7. Następne posiedzenia 30 listopada 2020 r., w godz. 13.45–14.45 i 15.15–16.45 oraz 17.15–18.45

(Bruksela) 1 grudnia 2020 r., w godz. 9.00–12.00 i 16.45–18.45 (Bruksela) 7 grudnia 2020 r., w godz. 13.45–15.45 i 16.45–18.45 (Bruksela)

Posiedzenie zakończyło się o godz. 19.09.

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ПРИСЪСТВЕН ЛИСТ/LISTA DE ASISTENCIA/PREZENČNÍ LISTINA/DELTAGERLISTE/ ANWESENHEITSLISTE/KOHALOLIJATE NIMEKIRI/ΚΑΤΑΣΤΑΣΗ ΠΑΡΟΝΤΩΝ/RECORD OF ATTENDANCE/

LISTE DE PRÉSENCE/POPIS NAZOČNIH/ELENCO DI PRESENZA/APMEKLĒJUMU REĢISTRS/DALYVIŲ SĄRAŠAS/ JELENLÉTI ÍV/REĠISTRU TA' ATTENDENZA/PRESENTIELIJST/LISTA OBECNOŚCI/LISTA DE PRESENÇAS/

LISTĂ DE PREZENŢĂ/PREZENČNÁ LISTINA/SEZNAM NAVZOČIH/LÄSNÄOLOLISTA/NÄRVAROLISTA

Бюро/Mesa/Předsednictvo/Formandskabet/Vorstand/Juhatus/Προεδρείο/Bureau/Predsjedništvo/Ufficio di presidenza/Prezidijs/ Biuras/Elnökség/Prezydium/Birou/Predsedníctvo/Predsedstvo/Puheenjohtajisto/Presidiet (*)

Monika Hohlmeier (Chair) , Isabel García Muñoz (1st VP), Martina Dlabajová (3rd VP).

Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Βουλευτές/Members/Députés/Zastupnici/Deputati/Deputāti/ Nariai/Képviselõk/Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter

Olivier Chastel, Lefteris Christoforou, Daniel Freund, Cristian Ghinea, Pierre Karleskind, Joachim Kuhs, Tsvetelina Penkova, Markus Pieper, Sabrina Pignedoli, Petri Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Lara Wolters, Tomáš Zdechovský

Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Zamjenici/ Supplenti/Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantysnariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/ Namestniki/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter

Gilles Boyer, Jeroen Lenaers, Elżbieta Rafalska, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez

209 (7)

Dominique Bilde, Pedro Silva Pereira, Rainer Wieland

216 (3)

56 (8) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/ Päevakorra punkt/Σημείο της ημερήσιας διάταξης/Agenda item/Point OJ/Točka dnevnog reda/Punto all'ordine del giorno/Darba kārtības punkts/Darbotvarkės punktas/Napirendi pont/Punt Aġenda/Agendapunt/Punkt porządku dziennego/Ponto OD/Punct de pe ordinea de zi/Bod programu schôdze/Točka UL/Esityslistan kohta/Punkt på föredragningslistan)

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Наблюдатели/Observadores/Pozorovatelé/Observatører/Beobachter/Vaatlejad/Παρατηρητές/Observers/Observateurs/Promatrači/ Osservatori/Novērotāji/Stebėtojai/Megfigyelők/Osservaturi/Waarnemers/Obserwatorzy/Observadores/Observatori/Pozorovatelia/ Opazovalci/Tarkkailijat/Observatörer

По покана на председателя/Por invitación del presidente/Na pozvání předsedy/Efter indbydelse fra formanden/Auf Einladung des Vorsitzenden/Esimehe kutsel/Με πρόσκληση του Προέδρου/At the invitation of the Chair/Sur l’invitation du président/ Na poziv predsjednika/Su invito del presidente/Pēc priekšsēdētāja uzaicinājuma/Pirmininkui pakvietus/Az elnök meghívására/ Fuq stedina taċ-'Chairman'/Op uitnodiging van de voorzitter/Na zaproszenie Przewodniczącego/A convite do Presidente/La invitaţia preşedintelui/ Na pozvanie predsedu/Na povabilo predsednika/Puheenjohtajan kutsusta/På ordförandens inbjudan

Съвет/Consejo/Rada/Rådet/Rat/Nõukogu/Συμβούλιο/Council/Conseil/Vijeće/Consiglio/Padome/Taryba/Tanács/Kunsill/Raad/ Conselho/Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*)

Комисия/Comisión/Komise/Kommissionen/Kommission/Komisjon/Επιτροπή/Commission/Komisija/Commissione/Bizottság/ Kummissjoni/Commissie/Komisja/Comissão/Comisie/Komisia/Komissio/Kommissionen (*)

Josep Borrell Fontelles (HRVP), Helga Schmid (EEAS Secretary General), Gianmarco Di Vita (EEAS, Budget Director), Rosa Aldea Busquets (Commission, DG BUDG), Gert Jan Koopman (Commission, DG BUDG)

Други институции и органи/Otras instituciones y organismos/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner og organer/Andere Organe und Einrichtungen/Muud institutsioonid ja organid/Λοιπά θεσμικά όργανα και οργανισμοί/Other institutions and bodies/Autres institutions et organes/Druge institucije i tijela/Altre istituzioni e altri organi/Citas iestādes un struktūras/Kitos institucijos ir įstaigos/ Más intézmények és szervek/Istituzzjonijiet u korpi oħra/Andere instellingen en organen/Inne instytucje i organy/Outras instituições e outros órgãos/Alte instituții și organe/Iné inštitúcie a orgány/Muut toimielimet ja elimet/Andra institutioner och organ

ECA François-Roger Cazala (Member), Jan Gregor (Member)

Други участници/Otros participantes/Ostatní účastníci/Endvidere deltog/Andere Teilnehmer/Muud osalejad/Επίσης παρόντες/Other participants/Autres participants/Drugi sudionici/Altri partecipanti/Citi klātesošie/Kiti dalyviai/Más résztvevők/Parteċipanti ohra/Andere aanwezigen/Inni uczestnicy/Outros participantes/Alţi participanţi/Iní účastníci/Drugi udeleženci/Muut osallistujat/Övriga deltagare

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Секретариат на политическите групи/Secretaría de los Grupos políticos/Sekretariát politických skupin/Gruppernes sekretariat/ Sekretariat der Fraktionen/Fraktsioonide sekretariaat/Γραμματεία των Πολιτικών Ομάδων/Secretariats of political groups/Secrétariat des groupes politiques/Tajništva klubova zastupnika/Segreteria gruppi politici/Politisko grupu sekretariāts/Frakcijų sekretoriai/ Képviselőcsoportok titkársága/Segretarjat gruppi politiċi/Fractiesecretariaten/Sekretariat Grup Politycznych/Secretariado dos grupos políticos/Secretariate grupuri politice/Sekretariát politických skupín/Sekretariat političnih skupin/Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristöt/ De politiska gruppernas sekretariat

PPE

S&D

Renew

ID

Verts/ALE

ECR

GUE/NGL

NI

Кабинет на председателя/Gabinete del Presidente/Kancelář předsedy/Formandens Kabinet/Kabinett des Präsidenten/Presidendi kantselei/Γραφείο του Προέδρου/President's Office/Cabinet du Président/Ured predsjednika/Gabinetto del Presidente/Priekšsēdētāja kabinets/Pirmininko kabinetas/Elnöki hivatal/Kabinett tal-President/Kabinet van de Voorzitter/Gabinet Przewodniczącego/Gabinete do Presidente/Cabinet Preşedinte/Kancelária predsedu/Urad predsednika/Puhemiehen kabinetti/Talmannens kansli

Кабинет на генералния секретар/Gabinete del Secretario General/Kancelář generálního tajemníka/Generalsekretærens Kabinet/ Kabinett des Generalsekretärs/Peasekretäri büroo/Γραφείο του Γενικού Γραμματέα/Secretary-General's Office/Cabinet du Secrétaire général/Ured glavnog tajnika/Gabinetto del Segretario generale/Ģenerālsekretāra kabinets/Generalinio sekretoriaus kabinetas/ Főtitkári hivatal/Kabinett tas-Segretarju Ġenerali/Kabinet van de secretaris-generaal/Gabinet Sekretarza Generalnego/Gabinete do Secretário-Geral/Cabinet Secretar General/Kancelária generálneho tajomníka/Urad generalnega sekretarja/Pääsihteerin kabinetti/ Generalsekreterarens kansli

Klaus Welle, Robert Galvin, Michael Adam, Susanne Altenberg.

Генерална дирекция/Dirección General/Generální ředitelství/Generaldirektorat/Generaldirektion/Peadirektoraat/Γενική Διεύθυνση/ Directorate-General/Direction générale/Glavna uprava/Direzione generale/Ģenerāldirektorāts/Generalinis direktoratas/Főigazgatóság/ Direttorat Ġenerali/Directoraten-generaal/Dyrekcja Generalna/Direcção-Geral/Direcţii Generale/Generálne riaditeľstvo/Generalni direktorat/Pääosasto/Generaldirektorat

DG PRES

DG IPOL

DG EXPO

DG EPRS

DG COMM

DG PERS

DG INLO

DG TRAD

DG LINC

DG FINS

DG ITEC

DG SAFE

Monika Strasser

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Правна служба/Servicio Jurídico/Právní služba/Juridisk Tjeneste/Juristischer Dienst/Õigusteenistus/Νομική Υπηρεσία/Legal Service/ Service juridique/Pravna služba/Servizio giuridico/Juridiskais dienests/Teisės tarnyba/Jogi szolgálat/Servizz legali/Juridische Dienst/ Wydział prawny/Serviço Jurídico/Serviciu Juridic/Právny servis/Oikeudellinen yksikkö/Rättstjänsten

Секретариат на комисията/Secretaría de la comisión/Sekretariát výboru/Udvalgssekretariatet/Ausschusssekretariat/Komisjoni sekretariaat/Γραμματεία της επιτροπής/Committee secretariat/Secrétariat de la commission/Tajništvo odbora/Segreteria della commissione/Komitejas sekretariāts/Komiteto sekretoriatas/A bizottság titkársága/Segretarjat tal-kumitat/Commissiesecretariaat/ Sekretariat komisji/Secretariado da comissão/Secretariat comisie/Sekretariat odbora/Valiokunnan sihteeristö/Utskottssekretariatet

Evelyn Waldherr, Kaare Balev, Benoit Lefort, Olivier Sautiere

Сътрудник/Asistente/Asistent/Assistent/Assistenz/Βοηθός/Assistant/Assistente/Palīgs/Padėjėjas/Asszisztens/Asystent/Pomočnik/ Avustaja/Assistenter

Veronika Patyi-Horvath, Kameliya Velcheva

* (P) = Председател/Presidente/Předseda/Formand/Vorsitzender/Esimees/Πρόεδρος/Chair/Président/Predsjednik/Priekšsēdētājs/ Pirmininkas/Elnök/'Chairman'/Voorzitter/Przewodniczący/Preşedinte/Predseda/Predsednik/Puheenjohtaja/Ordförande

(VP) = Заместник-председател/Vicepresidente/Místopředseda/Næstformand/Stellvertretender Vorsitzender/Aseesimees/Αντιπρόεδρος/ Vice-Chair/Potpredsjednik/Vice-Président/Potpredsjednik/Priekšsēdētāja vietnieks/Pirmininko pavaduotojas/Alelnök/ Viċi 'Chairman'/Ondervoorzitter/Wiceprzewodniczący/Vice-Presidente/Vicepreşedinte/Podpredseda/Podpredsednik/ Varapuheenjohtaja/Vice ordförande

(M) = Член/Miembro/Člen/Medlem./Mitglied/Parlamendiliige/Βουλευτής/Member/Membre/Član/Membro/Deputāts/Narys/Képviselő/ Membru/Lid/Członek/Membro/Membru/Člen/Poslanec/Jäsen/Ledamot

(F) = Длъжностно лице/Funcionario/Úředník/Tjenestemand/Beamter/Ametnik/Υπάλληλος/Official/Fonctionnaire/Dužnosnik/ Funzionario/Ierēdnis/Pareigūnas/Tisztviselő/Uffiċjal/Ambtenaar/Urzędnik/Funcionário/Funcţionar/Úradník/Uradnik/Virkamies/ Tjänsteman

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ISSUE N°15 - 16 NOVEMBER 2020

NEWSLETTER

13:45 - 15:15 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

The draft agenda and meeting documents are available in the meeting file.

2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Chair draws attention to the following points:

Languages available

FR DE IT EN ES CS HU PL RO

Webstreaming

The meeting will be webstreamed and can be followed live via the CONT webpage.

3. 2019 DISCHARGE: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICECONT/9/03852

Exchange of views with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, in the presence of ECA reporting member for EU Administrative expenditure, François-Roger Cazala

Rapporteur: Cristian Ghinea (Renew)Administrator: Olivier Sautière

Shadow Rapporteurs: Jeroen Lenaers (EPP), Isabel García Muñoz (S&D), Mikuláš Peksa (Greens), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Luke Ming Flanagan

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COMMITTEE MEETINGMONDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 202013.45 - 15.45 and 16.45 - 18.45

Remote participation of MembersRoom: Fully remote meeting with Interactio (József Antall 6Q1)

(GUE/NGL)

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is a functionally autonomous body of the European Union, separate from the General Secretariat of the Council and from the Commission. It is treated as an institution for the purposes of the Financial Regulation and therefore subject to the procedure of discharge provided for in Article 319 of the TFEU and in Article 263 of the Financial Regulation.

It is placed under the authority of the High Representative/Vice-President (HRVP) of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles, who is invited to the CONT meeting for a discharge hearing with Members on the implementation of EEAS budget and activities during the financial year 2019.

In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the written questions addressed to the EEAS were sent on 6 October 2020. The answers received from the EEAS were e-mailed to the CONT Members on 30 October 2020 and are available on the CONT website.

The questionnaire mainly deals with the following issues: the budget management and control activities, the EEAS human resources and related trends, transparency and conflict of interests, the EEAS anti-fraud policy, the EEAS building policy, the EEAS interinstitutional cooperation and the communication, digitalisation and cybersecurity policies.

According to the observations of the ECA's annual report related to Chapter 9 'Administration - MFF heading 5', no specific issues were identified on the sample of transactions concerning the EEAS and no material level of error was identified in the EEAS annual activity report.

The documents are available on CONT website, of particular relevance for the hearing as regards the 2019 EEAS discharge are:

- The ECA’s 2019 Annual Report, Chapter 9;- The EEAS 2019 Annual Activity Report;- The EEAS Budgetary and Financial Management Report;- The EEAS report on the follow-up to the discharge 2018.

It is proposed that the discharge hearing will proceed as follows:

- introduction by the Member of the European Court of Auditors, Mr François-Roger Cazala, who will present the findings of the ECA Annual Report 2019;- High Representative/Vice-President Jose Borrell Fontelles will briefly reply to this introduction and present the EEAS‘s achievements;- CONT Rapporteur Christian Ghinea and other Members will question the HR/VP and/or the ECA;- Closing remarks by the CONT Rapporteur.

CONT Timetable

Event Body DateConsideration of draft report CONT 25-26 January 2021Deadline for amendments CONT 3 February 2021Vote CONT 1 March 2021Adoption of report Plenary April 2021

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15:15 - 15:45

4. REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EU BUDGET - STATUS AT THE END OF 2019CONT/9/04591

Presentation of the report by reporting ECA Member, Jan Gregor

Rapporteur: Joachim Kuhs (ID)Administrators: Aleksi Hyvatti / Kaare Barslev

Shadow Rapporteurs: Markus Pieper (EPP), Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D), Olivier Chastel (RE), Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel (Greens), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)

Member of the European Court of Auditors, Mr Jan Gregor, will present the

main conclusions of the Report on the performance of the EU budget - Status at the end of 2019.

For the financial year 2019, the Court of Auditors has for the first time split the annual report in two parts. This second part covers the performance of spending programmes under the EU budget. The first part of the annual report was presented to the CONT Committee on 10 November.

According to Article 287 of the TFEU, the ECA draws up an annual report at the end of each financial year. This report, including the statement of assurance (DAS - Declaration d'Assurance) concerning the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, is considered by the Council and the Parliament in the framework of the discharge procedure under Article 319 of the TFEU.

The presentation of the European Court of Auditors Annual Report marks the beginning of the discharge cycle related to the year 2018. Upon examination of all relevant documents and a series of hearings with Commissioners in the EU's main spending areas, Parliament will decide in spring 2020 - acting on a recommendation from the Council - whether to grant discharge to the Commission and other EU bodies in respect of the implementation of the EU budget for the year 2018.

The Report of the European Court of Auditors on the performance of the EU budget - Status at the end of 2019 will be published in English first on Friday 13 November at 09h00 on the ECA website eca.europa.eu. It will also be available on the CONT website after publication

The meeting will be suspended until 16.45.

16:45 - 17:15

CONTINUATION OF ITEM 4 - EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH ECA REPORTING MEMBER, JAN GREGOR ON THE REPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF AUDITORS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EU

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BUDGET - STATUS AT THE END OF 2019

17:15 - 18:45

5. 2019 DISCHARGE: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTCONT/9/03709

Exchange of views with the Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for the budget, Pedro Silva Pereira, the Secretary-General, Klaus Welle, the Internal Auditor of the European Parliament, Robert Galvin, director of the APPF, Michael Adam in the presence of ECA reporting member for EU Administrative expenditure, François-Roger Cazala

Rapporteurs: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP)Administrator: Benoît Lefort

Shadow Rapporteurs: Lara Wolters (S&D), Gilles Boyer (RE), Matteo Adinolfi (ID), Daniel Freund (Greens), Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR), Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL)

Relevant documents

Members will find the relevant documents for the European Parliament discharge such as the report on budgetary and financial management, the annual accounts of the political groups, and the report on compliance with payment time limits, the report on contracts awarded, Director-Generals' Annual Activity Reports and the replies and follow-up to last year's discharge resolution on the CONT 2019 budget discharge website.

Written questions

Following the established procedure for the adoption of the EP discharge questionnaire, Members were asked to submit questions related to the 2019 budget implementation to their Coordinators by 24 September 2020. The questionnaire was finalised and submitted to the Secretary-General on 30 September 2019. The Secretary-General's written replies were made available to Members on 9 November 2020 and are published on CONT website.

Structure of the hearing

It is proposed that the discussion will take the following structure:

– statement by the Court of Auditors;– short presentation by the Vice-President responsible for budgetary affairs;– brief presentation by the Secretary-General of the answers to the written questions ;– presentation by the Internal Auditor of the European Parliament of his 2019 annual

report;

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– presentation by the Director of the Authority for European Political Parties and Foundations of its 2019 annual activity report;

– statement and oral questions by the Rapporteur;– Q&A session with other Members;– closing remarks by the Rapporteur.

CONT Timetable

Event Body DateConsideration of draft report CONT 25-26 January 2021Deadline for amendments CONT 3 February 2021Vote CONT 1 March 2021Adoption of report Plenary April 2021

6. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

7. NEXT MEETINGS

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30 November 2020 (Brussels/remote) 13.45-14.45 / 15.15-16.45 / 17.15-18.45 1 December 2020 (Brussels/remote) 9.00-12.00 / 16.45-18.45 7 December 2020 (Brussels/remote) 13.45-15.45 / 16.45-18.45

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Recent Publications CONT

Briefing “Open Plan Offices - The new ways of working. The advantages and disadvantages of open office space”Briefing “Gender equality in the college of the European Court of Auditors”At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors”

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Briefing “EU Gender budgeting: where do we stand? ”Study “Pilot projects and preparatory actions (PP/PA) in the EU budget 2014-2019”Briefing “Next Generation EU - Where are assigned revenue? Which impact in 2021? ”Study “How EU funds tackle economic divide in the European Union” (Available in DE, ES, FR, IT, PL, RO)Study “Documenting climate mainstreaming in the EU budget - making the system more transparent, stringent and comprehensive”Briefing “Assigned revenue in the Recovery Plan - The frog that wishes to be as big as the ox?”Study “A Just Transition Fund - How the EU budget can best assist in the necessary transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy" (Available in DE, ES, FR, IT, PL)Briefing “The net operating balances: Variants, emerging numbers and history ” (Available in DA, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PL, SV) Briefing “Why net operating balances are a distorted indicator of a Member State’s benefit from the EU budget” (Available in DA, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PL, SV)Briefing “The benefits of EU membership are not measured by net operating balances” (Available in DA, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL, PL, SV)

Forthcoming Publications

CONT- Study ‘The largest 50 beneficiaries in each EU Member State of CAP and cohesion funds’- Study ‘MEP’s pension rights before and after the Members Statute in 2009’- Briefing ‘Special advisers to the European Commission’- Documentation workshop ‘Open spaces at EU institutions versus traditional work spaces: justification, evolution, evaluation and results’

Forthcoming Events

CONT Study presentation on “Horizon 2020: Geographical balance of beneficiaries”

The European Parliament has concluded a new framework contract on external expertise in the field of budgetary affairs, mainly for the BUDG and CONT committees. Following on a public call for tenders, seven bids have been received, checked and evaluated. Service contracts for the years 2020-24 have been signed with the following consultancies and think-tanks: AEGIS, a network of academics from different universities, the main partners from Spain, Germany and Italy;

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NEWS FROM POLICY DEPARTMENT - BUDGETARY AFFAIRS

Blomeyer & Sanz Ltd., based in Spain, leading a group of institutes from Austria, Czechia, Germany, Italy and Poland;

Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), a research think-tank from Brussels, with partners from Belgium, France, Latvia and UK;Centre for Strategy & Evaluation Services LLP (CSES), a consultancy from UK and Ireland;Deloitte Belgium, an audit company;European Economic Research Ltd. (Europe-Economics), a consultancy from UK;Mr Ivailo KALFIN, a former MEP and former Minister in Bulgaria, with some associated experts.For more information see the publication of the procurement outcome: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:215928-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML or contact the Policy Department: poldep-budg@europarl.europa.eu CONTACTSPolicy Department for Budgetary Affairspoldep-budg@ep.europa.euPolicy Department Webpage

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