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PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN 2014 - 2019

Commission du contrôle budgétaire

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PROCÈS-VERBALRéunion des 5 novembre 2014, de 9 heures à 12 h 30 et de 15 heures à 18 h 30

et 6 novembre 2014, de 9 heures à 12 h 30BRUXELLES

La réunion est ouverte à 9 h 10 sous la présidence d'Ingeborg Gräßle.

1. Adoption de l'ordre du jour

L'ordre du jour est adopté.

2. Communications de la présidente

La présidente attire l'attention des membres sur les communications contenues dans le bulletin CONT News 7/2014, point 3.

3. Approbation du procès-verbal de la réunion des: 7 octobre 2014 PV – PE539.657v01-00 13 octobre 2014 PV – PE539.809v01-00 16 octobre 2014 PV – PE539.840v01-00

Les procès-verbaux sont approuvés.

4. Présentation du rapport annuel de la Cour des comptes européennes pour l'exercice 2013 par Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira, président de la Cour des comptesCONT/8/01831

Rapporteure: Ingeborg Gräßle (PPE)

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Kristalina Georgieva, vice-présidente de la Commission européenne responsable du

budget et des ressources humaines, répond aux questions et présente les grands

chiffres des comptes annuels consolidés définitifs de l'Union européenne pour

l'exercice 2013 en présence de Manfred Kraff, directeur général-adjoint et comptable

de la Commission européenne.

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira (président de la Cour

des comptes européenne), Kristalina Georgieva (membre de la Commission), Jean

Arthuis, Petri Sarvamaa, Inés Ayala Sender, Ryszard Czarnecki, Michael Theurer,

Dennis de Jong, Bart Staes, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Jens Geier, Igor Šoltes, Marco

Valli, Bernd Kölmel.

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La réunion, suspendue à 11 h 41, reprend à 15 h 5 sous la présidence d'Ingeborg Gräßle.

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5. Banque européenne d'investissement – Rapport annuel 2013CONT/8/01671

2014/2156(INI) PA – PE539.825v01-00

Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR)

Examen du projet d'avis

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Brian Hayes, Martina Dlabajová, Inés

Ayala Sender, Dennis de Jong, Marco Zanni, Marco Valli, Jean-Martial Marenne

(Commission - ECFIN), Ben Knapen (BEI).

Délai de dépôt des amendements: 10 novembre 2014, 12 heures

6. Rapport spécial n° 11/2014 (décharge 2013) intitulé "La mise en place du Service européen pour l'action extérieure"CONT/8/00503

Rapporteur: Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) DT – PE537.488v01-00

Échange de vues et examen d’un document de travail en présence de Szabolcs Fazakas, membre de la Cour des comptes européenne compétent en la matière

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Ryszard Czarnecki, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Petri Sarvamaa,

Andrej Plenković, Joachim Zeller, Patrick Child (SEAE), Fazakas Szabolcs (Cour des

comptes européenne).

7. Rapport spécial n° 8/2014 (décharge 2013) intitulé "La Commission a-t-elle géré efficacement l'intégration des aides couplées dans le régime de paiement unique?"CONT/8/00505

Rapporteure: Patricija Šulin (PPE) DT – PE539.488v03-00

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Échange de vues et examen d'un document de travail, en présence d'Augustyn Kubik, membre de la Cour des comptes européenne compétent en la matière

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Augustyn Kubik (Cour des comptes européenne),

Patricija Šulin, Pierre Bascou (Commission - AGRI).

La commission adopte le document de travail.

8. Suivi de la décharge 2012 au Parlement européenCONT/8/01832

Rapporteure: Cătălin Sorin Ivan (S&D)

Échange de vues avec Klaus Welle, secrétaire général du Parlement européen, en présence de Baudilio Tomé Muguruza, membre de la Cour des comptes européenne compétent en la matière

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Derek Vaughan, Klaus Welle (secrétaire général), Inés

Ayala Sender, Dennis de Jong, Jonathan Arnott, Markus Pieper, Gilles Pargneaux,

Michael Theurer.

La séance est levée à 18 h 21.

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6 novembre 2014, de 9 heures à 12 h 30

La réunion est ouverte à 9 h 13 sous la présidence d'Ingeborg Gräßle.

9. Échange de vues avec Emily O'Reilly, médiatrice européenne, dans le cadre de l'enquête sur le "pantouflage" à la CommissionCONT/8/01833

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Emily O'Reilly (médiatrice européenne), Dennis de

Jong, Inés Ayala Sender, Igor Šoltes.

10. Rapport spécial n° 11/2013 (décharge 2013) intitulé "Obtenir des données fiables sur le revenu national brut (RNB): une approche plus structurée et mieux ciblée améliorerait l'efficacité de la vérification effectuée par la Commission"CONT/8/00495

Rapporteur: Bart Staes (Verts/ALE) DT – PE536.027v04-00

Échange de vues et examen d’un document de travail, en présence de Milan Martin Cvikl, membre de la Cour des comptes européenne compétent en la matière

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Bart Staes, Milan Martin Cvikl (membre de la Cour des

comptes européenne), Derek Vaughan, Nedzhmi Ali, Inés Ayala Sender, James

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Whitworth (ESTAT) Joachim Zeller, Antti Suortti (DG BUDG), Manfred Kraff (directeur

général-adjoint, DG BUDG).

11. Présentation de l'application eMeeting - mise à disposition des documents de réunion en format électronique - par la DG ITEC du Parlement européenCONT/8/01834

Interviennent: Ingeborg Gräßle, Inés Ayala Sender, Marco Valli, Fakhreddine Aouadi,

Virpi Koykka (DG ITEC).

La réunion publique est levée à 11 h 37.

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12. Réunion des coordinateurs

Le résumé des recommandations des coordinateurs, tel que transmis aux membres de

la commission du contrôle budgétaire le 14 novembre 2014, est joint en annexe au

présent procès-verbal.

Ces recommandations sont réputées approuvées par la commission.

13. Questions diverses

Néant.

14. Prochaines réunions 17 novembre 2014, de 15 heures à 18 h 30 (Bruxelles) 20 novembre 2014, de 9 heures à 12 h 30 (Bruxelles)

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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/DELTAGARLISTA

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

Ingeborg Gräßle (Chair), Derek Vaughan (1st Vice-Chair)(1), Igor Šoltes (2nd Vice-Chair), Martina Dlabajová (3rd Vice-Chair)(1)

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

Nedzhmi Ali, Louis Aliot (1), Jonathan Arnott (1), Inés Ayala Sender, Zigmantas Balčytis (1), Ryszard Czarnecki, Dennis de Jong (2), Jens Geier (1), Bernd Kölmel,Verónica Lope Fontagné, Fulvio Martusciello, Gilles Pargneaux (1), Markus Pieper (2), Georgi Pirinski (1), Petri Sarvamaa, Claudia Schmidt, Bart Staes, Michael Theurer, Marco Valli (1), Anders Primdahl Vistisen (1), Tomáš Zdechovský, Joachim Zeller

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

Jean Arthuis (1), Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy(1), Beata Gosiewska, Brian Hayes (1), Julia Pitera, Richard Sulík (1), Patricija Šulin, Marco Zanni (1)

200 (2)

Richard Ashworth, Andrej Plenković, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Bogdan Brunon Wenta, Paul Rübig, Rainer Wieland

206 (3)

53 (6) (Точка от дневния ред/Punto del orden del día/Bod pořadu jednání (OJ)/Punkt på dagsordenen/Tagesordnungspunkt/ Päevakorra punkt/Ημερήσια Διάταξη Σημείο/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/Föredragningslista punkt)

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(wo)man/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/

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Conselho/Consiliu/Svet/Neuvosto/Rådet (*)

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

Kristalina Georgieva,Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Budget and Human Resources

Nadia Calvimo (Director General, DG BUDG), Manfred Kraff (Deputy Director-General, DG BUDG), Jean-Martial Marenne (ECFIN), Pierre Bascou (AGRI), James Whitworth (ESTAT) , Antti Suortti (DG BUDG)

Други институции/Otras instituciones/Ostatní orgány a instituce/Andre institutioner/Andere Organe/Muud institutsioonid/ Άλλα θεσμικά όργανα/Other institutions/Autres institutions/Druge institucije/Altre istituzioni/Citas iestādes/Kitos institucijos/ Más intézmények/Istituzzjonijiet oħra/Andere instellingen/Inne instytucje/Outras Instituições/Alte instituţii/Iné inštitúcie/Muut toimielimet/Andra institutioner/organ

European Court of Auditors

European External Action Service

European Investment Bank

Ombudsman

European Court of Justice

Vítor Manuel da Silva Caldeira (President of the Court)Igors Ludboržs, Szabolcs Fazakas, Ladislav Balko, Augustyn Kubik, Milan Martin Cvikl, Rasa Budbergytė, Lazaros S. Lazarou, H.G. Wessberg, Henrik Otbo, Ville Itälä, Baudilio Tomé, Muguruza, Iliana Ivanova , Alex Brenninkmeijer, Danièle Lamarque , Phil Wynn Owen (Members of the Court)

Patrick Child (Managing Director, MDR Admin and Finances, EEAS)

Ben Knapen (EIB Brussels Representative)

Emily O'Reilly (European Ombudsman)

Sylvain Simonetti (Director - Budget and Finance)

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

Herbert Bösch, (OLAF Supervisory Committee)

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/Secr. dos grupospolíticos/Secretariate grupuri politice/Sekretariát politických skupín/Sekretariat političnih skupin/Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristöt/ Gruppernas sekretariat

PPE

S&D

ALDE

ECR

Verts/ALE

GUE/NGL

EFDD

NI

Balázs Széchy, Jonas Kraft, Laure De Montagnac

Maggie Coulthard, Maddalena Cremascoli, Codruta-Liliana Filip

Dominykas Mordas

Peter O’Broin, Kamila Wrzesinska

Hendrik Prummel

Maria Barbara Gatto

Кабинет на председателя/Gabinete del Presidente/Kancelář předsedy/Formandens Kabinet/Kabinett des Präsidenten/Presidendi kantselei/Γραφείο 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

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Кабинет на генералния секретар/Gabinete del Secretario General/Kancelář generálního tajemníka/Generalsekretærens Kabinet/ Kabinett des Generalsekretärs/Peasekretäri büroo/Γραφείο 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 (Secretary General of the European Parliament), Kirsten Lueddecke

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 INTE

DG FINS

DG ITEC

DG SAFE

Anne Vitrey, Niels Fisher

Fabia Jones

Eszter Balazs

Lothar Bauer

Virpi Koykka , Fakhreddine Aouadi

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

Angelina Gros-Tchorbadjiyska

Секретариат на комисията/Secretaría de la comisión/Sekretariát výboru/Udvalgssekretariatet/Ausschusssekretariat/Komisjoni sekretariaat/Γραμματεία 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

Carmen Castillo del Carpio, Mauro De Oliveira, Christian Ehlers, Philippe Godts, Tereza Pinto de Rezende, Olivier Sautière, Hrvoje Svetic, Michal Czaplicki

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

Cinti Torrens Bermo

* (P) = Председател/Presidente/Předseda/Formand/Vorsitzender/Esimees/Πρόεδρος/Chair(wo)man/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(wo)man/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/Μέλος/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/

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MEETING

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 20149.00 – 12.30 and 15.00 – 18.30 public meeting

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 20149.00 – 11.00 public meeting

11.00 – 12.30 Coordinators meeting in camera

Paul-Henri Spaak 1A002

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1. AGENDA

The draft agenda (in EN) was emailed to Members on

24 October 2014 and is in the file for this meeting.

2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Chairman draws attention to the following points:

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automatically directed to the speaker

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF CONTMEETING:

The following minutes are published on the CONT website:

7 October 2014

13 October 2014 and

16 October 2014, which were emailed to CONT

Members on 24 October 2014;

If no objections are received before the end of the meeting, the minutes will be deemed to be approved.

Please be aware that the summary of the recommendations concerning the CONT Coordinators' meeting held on 7 October 2014 is attached to the corresponding minutes and were endorsed by the Committee by written procedure.

Rapporteur:

Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP)

Administrator:

Philippe Godts, Christian Ehlers, Michal

Czaplicki

Replies by the Vice-President of the

European Commission responsible for

Budget and Human Resources, Kristalina

Georgieva, including a presentation of the

key figures in the final consolidated annual

accounts of the European Union for the

financial year 2013, in the presence of the

Deputy-Director General and Accounting

Officer of the European Commission,

Manfred Kraff

4. PRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF

AUDITORS' ANNUAL REPORT CONCERNING THE

FINANCIAL YEAR 2013BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE

COURT,VITOR MANUEL DA SILVA CALDEIRA

It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the annual accounts of the European Union and

ensure that they are reliable and present a true and fair picture of the EU budget. The annual accounts comprise of the financial statements and the reports on implementation of the budget. They are adopted by the Commission and presented to the Court of Auditors for audit and finally to the Council and Parliament for discharge.

Following the audit and finalisation of the annual accounts, Parliament will decide - acting on a

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2014

9.00 – 12.30 public meeting

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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 preceding financial year.

According to Article 287 of the Treaty, the ECA draws up an annual report at the end of each financial year. This report, including the statement of 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 Treaty.

In accordance with Article 162 (4) of the Financial Regulation, the Court of Auditors must submit this annual report, accompanied by the replies of the institutions, to the discharge authorities no later than 15 November.

The Court will arrange for the report to be distributed to CONT Members' letter boxes on 4 November 2014 pm. The report will also be available on the CONT website on 5 November 2014.

Following the presentation by the President of the Court, Vice-President and Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources, Kristalina Georgieva, will briefly present the Commission's response to the Court's findings and also the key figures in the final consolidated annual accounts.

All discharge related documents are available on the CONT website: Budgetary Control - 2013 budget discharge

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 201415.00 – 17.00 public meeting

*** Voting time ***

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2014

15.00 – 17.00 public meetin

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2014

17.00 – 18.30 public meeting

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*** Voting time ***

Rapporteur:

Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR)

Administrator:

Olivier Sautière

Consideration of draft opinion

Deadline for tabling amendments:

10 November 2014, 12.00

5. EUROPEAN

INVESTMENT BANK -ANNUAL REPORT 2013

CONT will this year deliver an

opinion to the Committee on

Economic and Monetary

Affairs (ECON) on the own-

initiative report on the EIB

annual report 2013 for which

Mr Urtasun (Greens) was appointed Rapporteur.

In his draft opinion, the Rapporteur Mr Czarnecki highlights various domains of the EIB policy interventions for which momentum should be pursued and reinforced, inter alia, job creation and youth employment, increase in competitiveness, support to SME’s and entrepreneurship and strategic infrastructure.

He also calls for a strategic analysis of investment funding in the long term to ensure a sustainable investment strategy at European level.

As regards the EIB's governance and control environment, the Rapporteur emphasises the oversight of blending activities and the issue of transparency in the implementation of all EIB's lending activities.

The draft opinion was emailed to Members on 17 October 2014 in EN. Other language versions are available on the CONT website.

The deadline for tabling amendments is on 10 November 2014.

All language versions of the EIB reports are available on the EIB website: http://www.eib.org/infocentre/publications/all/activity-report-2013.htm

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Rapporteur:

Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR)

Administrator:

Tereza Pinto de Rezende

Exchange of views and consideration of a

working document, in the presence of the

Member of the European Court of Auditors

responsible, Szabolcs Fazakas

6. SPECIAL REPORT NO 11/2014 (2013DISCHARGE) "THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE

EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE"

The Special Report No 11/2014 was presented by Szabolcs Fazakas, responsible Member of the European Court of Auditors, in a joint CONT/AFET meeting in September where there was a preliminary exchange of views on the establishment of the European External Action Service.

Members were generally supportive of the creation of the EEAS, but considered that there are different gaps in certain areas which need to be overcome. The Rapporteur shared the same view. The EEAS representative tried to reply to the questions raised and to update the information according to the latest developments, focusing on the EU special representatives, staffing and geographical balance issues and the delegations, drawing Members attention to the 2014 summer staff report where they could find additional information.

Following the exchange of views, the Rapporteur drafted his working document and is now presenting the conclusions to the Committee. He endorses the Courts recommendations and gives specific emphasis to the difficulties faced by the EEAS in managing current EU-Russia relations. He is not satisfied with the geographic imbalances at staff level, considering that a better geographic representation could contribute to enhancing the EEAS’ performance in the field of external relations. He also underlines that the Commission, together with the Member States, needs to engage in correcting the EEAS’ top-heavy administration and to provide the delegations, when appropriate, with suitable thematic expertise. Better cooperation and coordination among the concerned external relation services is required and will result in a better performing EU foreign policy. The Rapporteur insists on the simplification of the budget schemes for supporting delegations and on having greater flexibility in the funding of common security and defence policies'

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missions. He also approves the use of innovative solutions for recruitment and training purposes and calls on the EEAS to create new synergies with the EEAS headquarters and delegations as well as in cooperation with Member States and national diplomatic services. The budget neutrality principle is most welcomed but should not be viewed in isolation from the savings which the Member States have made from the establishment of the EEAS.

After the consideration of the working document, the Rapporteur's conclusions will form part of the Commission's discharge report for the financial year 2013. Amendments may be tabled in this context and the deadline will be the same as the Commission's discharge: 3 March 2015.

Rapporteur:

Patricija Šulin (EPP)

Administrator:

Christian Ehlers

Exchange of views and consideration of a

working document, in the presence of the

Member of the European Court of Auditors

responsible, Augustyn Kubik

7. SPECIAL REPORT NO 8/2014 (2013DISCHARGE) "HAS THE COMMISSION

EFFECTIVELY MANAGED THE INTEGRATION OF

COUPLED SUPPORT INTO THE SINGLE PAYMENT

SCHEME?"

The decoupling of direct support for farmers from production and the introduction of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) were essential elements in the process of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2003.

The main objective of the SPS was to shift policy orientation from market support to decoupled income support to farmers, thus enhancing farmers’ market orientation and avoiding market distortion. In the 2013 budget, payments for the SPS accounted for 70% of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) expenditure and 54% of the entire EU budget for agriculture and rural development.

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In 2008, the Commission and the Council undertook a review of the CAP, known as the ‘health check’. For the coupled support which was still excluded from the SPS or where Member States had decided to leave it fully or partially coupled to production, the Council followed the Commission’s proposal to further decouple it by the year 2012.

With their integration into the SPS between 2010 and 2012, coupled payments mostly ceased to exist. Member States could therefore distribute among farmers, in the form of payment entitlements, an additional amount of EUR 4, 2 billion that had formerly been available for the coupled support.

The Court carried out a compliance audit on the calculation of payment entitlements in the years 2010 to 2012. The audit was conducted at the Commission and in Greece, Spain, France, Italy and the Netherlands. These Member States account for 92% of the amounts integrated into the SPS between 2010 and 2012.

The ECA was of the opinion that the Commission did not adequately supervise the calculation of payment entitlements. More specifically, the Commission did not duly adopt detailed implementing provisions in order

to clarify the framework set by the Council. The Commission therefore could not ensure that the criteria established by the Member States were always consistent with EU principles, notably those of equal treatment of farmers and proportionality. The Commission also did not assess whether the criteria adopted by the Member States potentially affected market conditions. Furthermore, Member State criteria did not always follow the principle of sound financial management and side effects were not treated consistently. As a consequence, the integration of coupled support into the SPS was implemented in an inconsistent manner and farmers in some sectors realised windfall benefits.

The Commission underlined that under shared management Member States shoulder part of the responsibility for the implementation of the policy. Furthermore, the Commission argued, the regulation provided a certain level of discretion to Member States. The Commission also pointed out that windfall profits in individual cases were not necessarily in breach of the general principles of EU law. Weaknesses in the implementation of EU regulations would be followed-up

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under the clearance of accounts procedure.

The ECA and the Commission agreed on the implementation of a number of recommendations.

The Rapporteur emphasised in particular the principle of sound financial management which should be strictly adhered to by Member States and the Commission. Unjustified discrepancies in payment entitlement calculations in the different Member States and also unequal treatment of farmers should be avoided. The Commission should be more vigilant in supervising how Member States calculate payment entitlements.

After the consideration of the working document, the Rapporteur's conclusions will form part of the Commission's discharge report for the financial year 2013. Amendments may be tabled in this context and the deadline will be the same as the Commission's discharge: 3 March 2015

Rapporteur:

Cătălin Sorin Ivan (S&D)

Administrator:

Mauro de Oliveira

Exchange of views with the Secretary

General of the European Parliament, Klaus

Welle, in the presence of the Member of the

European Court of Auditors responsible,

Baudilio Tomé Muguruza

8. FOLLOW-UP OF THE 2012 DISCHARGE TO THE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

In accordance with the resolution of 16 April 2014 accompanying the decision on discharge for the financial year 2012, the Secretary General will briefly summarise the replies and follow-up of the EP administration to the various questions and requests of the 2012 EP discharge resolution before

proceeding to an exchange of views.

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2014

9.00 – 11.00 public meeting

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The Secretary General's written replies have been made available prior to the Committee meeting. They were sent to Members by email on 28 October 2014 and have also been published on the Committee website. It is proposed that the discussion is structured following this order of interventions:

- brief presentation by the Secretary General of the

replies and follow up of the administration,

- statement and oral questions by the Rapporteur,

- reply by the Secretary General to the Rapporteur,

- questions by other Members,

- replies by the Secretary General and closing remarks

by the Rapporteur.

Administrator:

Tereza Pinto de Rezende9. EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH THE EUROPEAN

OMBUDSMAN, EMILY O'REILLY, IN THE

CONTEXT OF THE ON-GOING "REVOLVING-DOORS" ENQUIRY AS REGARDS THE

COMMISSION

CONT Coordinators

decided to invite the European Ombudsman to

hear the latest developments of her investigation on the 'revolving doors' enquiry regarding the Commission.

The European Ombudsman's role is to investigate complaints about maladministration in the EU institutions and bodies.

THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2014

11.00 – 12.00 Coordinators' meeting in camera

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Two complaints were made about conflicts of interest in respect of staff and former staff of the Commission (ref 2077/2012/TN and 1853/2013/TN) and the Ombudsman opened an enquiry which is currently at investigation stage.

Rapporteur:

Bart Staes (Verts/ALE)

Administrator:

Philippe Godts

Exchange of views and consideration of a

working document in the presence of the

Member of the European Court of Auditors

responsible, Milan Martin Cvikl

10. SPECIAL REPORT NO 11/2013 (2013DISCHARGE) - GETTING THE GROSS NATIONAL

INCOME (GNI) DATA RIGHT: A MORE

STRUCTURED AND BETTER-FOCUSSED

APPROACH WOULD IMPROVE THE

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COMMISSION’S

VERIFICATION

The Rapporteur has stated his

position as follows:

1. Is amazed that after

many years the

European GNI based

revenue system seems

to not be fully reliable.

2. Strongly regrets that the Commission is not vigilant

enough and is afraid that despite its declaration of

intention it does not respect the practice the principle of

equal treatment of Member States.

3. Deplores in particular that European System of

Accounts (ESA) 95 standards which imposes, since the

beginning of 1996, the inclusion of the value of

production activities that are illegal or hidden is not yet

fully implemented by all the Members States; points out

in particular that those standards should have been

strictly applied in the context of the GNI own resources

from the budget exercise 2002 (Council regulation EC,

Euratom 1287/2003).

4. Points out that the Commission obviously bears some of

the responsibility in the occurred delays.

5. Notes in this regard that the Court's audit found a

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number of cases of material non-compliance with ESA

95 or lack of quality, of GNI estimates in terms of their

reliability, comparability and exhaustiveness, which the

Commission had not detected.

6. Expresses deep reservations as regards the fact that the

quality of Eurostat control files in respect of Belgium,

Italy and the Netherlands prevented the Court from fully

examining the work carried out and that it was not

possible to assess whether, for the GNI components it

selected for these three Member States, the

Commission covered any of the key controls drawn up

by the Court.

7. Is afraid that the deficiencies detected by the Court in

the Eurostat methodology has an impact on the

respective GNI Member States contribution and would

be fully informed on the possible impact on the global

revenue side of the budget.

8. Calls upon the Commission to draft, with the support

and under the supervision of the ECA, an action plan to

correct the detected deficiencies and to report on it by

next January 2015 in the Framework of the Commission

discharge procedure.

11. PRESENTATION OF THE EMEETING APPLICATION

- PROVIDING MEETING DOCUMENTS IN

ELECTRONIC FORM – BY DG ITEC OF THE

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

In the context of the recent IT developments by the European Parliament, an application has been introduced by DG ITEC in order to modernise Parliament's working methods, increase efficiency, enable mobility and save paper.

The application, e-Meeting, which first targets Committee meetings, is already live for all Committees since the end of the last legislature.

At the time, the CONT Committee was involved in the early stages of the project and decided to participate in the testing phase of the application.

In a nutshell, e-Meeting replaces the printed dossier

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distributed during the Committee meetings.

Via e-Meeting, the user accesses the electronic dossier of the meeting which contains all documents in all available language versions.

The application is available for tablets and laptops. Moreover, in order to ensure the distribution of printed meeting's dossier to Members who prefer to use paper dossier, a reduced number of copies is still available in the meeting room.

DG innovation and Technological Support proposed to briefly present eMeeting application during a coming CONT meeting.

12. COORDINATORS’MEETING

Meeting held in camera

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COORDINATORS' MEETING

Thursday, 6 November 2014

Paul-Henri Spaak - PHS P1A002Brussels

Summary of Recommendations

ITEMS FOR DECISION

A. New European Court of Auditors' Special Reports

Special Report 16/2014 "The effectiveness of blending regional investment

facility grants with financial-institution loans to support EU external policies"

ECA Member responsible: Karel Pinxten Publication planned for 22 OctoberThis falls under Sector 38 "External Action (Global Europe) - Development aid (EDF) relations with ACP and DCI", for which the Greens Group is responsible and have appointed Igor Šoltes as rapporteur.

Special Report "Can the EU’s Centres of Excellence initiative contribute

effectively to mitigating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risks

from outside the EU?"

ECA Member responsible: Karel PinxtenPublication planned for mid-December This falls under Sector 34 "External Action (Global Europe) - General external relations matters: Common Foreign and Security Policy", for which the S&D Group is responsible and has appointed Miroslav Poche as rapporteur.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2014 - 2019

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Special Report “EuropeAid’s Evaluation and Results Oriented Monitoring

Systems”

ECA Member responsible: Karel PinxtenPublication planned for mid-JanuaryThis falls under Sector 38 "External Action (Global Europe) - Development aid (EDF) relations with ACP and DCI", for which the Greens Group is responsible and have appointed Bart Staes as rapporteur.

Special Report “EU Pre-accession Assistance to Serbia“

ECA Member responsible: Szabolcs FazakasPublication planned for mid-JanuaryThis falls under Sector 40 "Pre-accession aid and Neighbourhood Policy -PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD, IPA ENI", for which the EPP Group is responsible and has appointed Tamás Deutsch as rapporteur.

Special Report “EU-funded airport infrastructures”

ECA Member responsible: George PufanPublication planned for the end of JanuaryThis falls under Sector 25 "Regional Policy - Cohesion Fund", for which the S&D Group is responsible and have appointed Derek Vaughan as rapporteur.

Special Report “Has ERDF support to SMEs in the area of e-commerce been

effective?”

ECA Member responsible: Oskar Herics Publication planned for the beginning FebruaryThis falls under Sector 21 "Regional Policy - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)", for which the S&D Group is responsible and are invited to appoint a rapporteur.

B. Evaluation of the exchange of views with Commissioner Šemeta and

its possible implications for the appointment procedure of a new

OLAF Supervisory Committee

Coordinators decided to invite Commission Vice-President Kristalina Georgieva as soon as possible with the view to discussing the working conditions of the OLAF-SC. The exchange of view with the Vice-President would be followed, if possible on the same day, by another Coordinators meeting at which the appointment procedure for a new OLAF-SC would be discussed.

C. Request from the EPP Group for an INI report on CAP controls.

Coordinators agreed with the proposal presented by EPP Coordinator to draft the own initiative report on CAP controls and decided redrafting the title (new title proposed by EPP coordinator: "Protecting the European Union's financial interest. Towards performance-based controls of Common Agricultural Policy").

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D. ECA first landscape review - "Landscape Review of EU Accountability

and Public Audit Arrangements"

Coordinators decided to invite the Court of Auditors to present the first and second Landscape reviews in a future CONT committee meeting.

E. CONT delegations (Jan-June 2015) - Appointment of Head of

Delegations

At the Coordinators meeting of 23 September 2014, Coordinators agreed on the

following delegations for the first half of 2015 (Jan-June):

Washington D.C. (7-11 April 2015 tbc - includes 2 additional days for

travel)

o Head of Delegation: to be confirmed

Greece (18-19 June 2015 tbc)

o Head of Delegation: Inge Gräßle (EPP)

According to the practice adopted for CONT delegations following the recommendation of

the previous committee chair, Mr Theurer, a Committee Bureau member will be put as

head of a delegation. The head of delegation will be appointed as soon as it is agreed on

the names of the participating members.

Political groups were invited to submit the names of Members interested in participating

in the delegations to Washington D.C. and Greece

F. CONT Hearings (Jan-June 2015) - Appointment of Rapporteurs

At the Coordinators meeting of 7 October 2014, Coordinators agreed on the following Hearings for the first half of 2015 (Jan-June):

Hearing on "Cooperation and Verification mechanism with regard to

Bulgaria and Romania" suggested by EPP Group

Date: 14 April 2015

Monica Macovei (EPP) was appointed as the Rapporteur.

Joint Hearing with BUDG on "Lessons to inform improvement of the

Protection of Own Resources of the European Union" suggested by S&D

Group

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Date: 5 May 2015

Inés Ayala Sender (S&D) was appointed as Rapporteur (awaiting confirmation).

G. CONT Delegations for the second half of 2015 (July - December)

The following proposal for a CONT delegation for the second half of 2015 (July to December) was adopted by Coordinators:

Delegation to Gaza

H. CONT Studies & Workshops 2015

Coordinators will take a decision on the CONT Studies and Workshops at a next Coordinators meeting

I. Inter-institutional working group on agencies

The Chair informed the Coordinators that a letter will be sent requesting support for inclusion of a CONT member in the inter-institutional working group on Agencies.

J. Joint-hearing CONT/JURI/AFCO and LIBE on the "Accountability and Integrity in the EU institutions"

The Coordinators were informed by the Chair that an agreement should be reached on the final tittle between all the Committees involved. A letter co-signed by the four Chairs will be sent to the Conference of Committee Chairs (CCC) shortly. The scope, date of the joint-hearing and experts to be invited will also be determined in agreement with all the interested Committees.

K. Consideration of the CONT draft letter to the specialised committees

(AGRI, EMPL, LIBE, PECH and REGI) on OLAF delegated regulations

concerning specific provisions for the reporting of irregularities

Coordinators decided to send a letter to the specialised committees on OLAF delegated regulations concerning specific provisions for the reporting of irregularities.

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

L. Involvement of CONT bureau in the 2013 Commission discharge

procedure

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Following a CONT bureau meeting of 13 October, it was proposed - after common accord of the Bureau Members - that Derek Vaughan will be in charge of the hearing with the Commissioner for regional and urban policies, Martina Dlabajová for employment and social affairs, Dan Nica for research and development and Igor Šoltes for development and cooperation.

The Chair will be in charge of the hearings with the Commissioners for the budget, agriculture and the European Commission's Secretary General.

M. Any other business

ECA Special Report 11/2013 on "Getting the Gross National Income (GNI) data right:

a more structured and better-focussed approach would improve the effectiveness of

the Commission’s verification": Bart Staes (Rapporteur) The examination of this

issue will be pursued on 20 November in the presence of the European Commission

and the European Court of Auditors

N. Time and date of next Coordinators' meetings

2 December 2014, Brussels