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Europäisches Parlament
2014-2019
Haushaltskontrollausschuss
CONT_PV(2016)1208_01
PROTOKOLL
Sitzung vom 8. Dezember 2016, 14.00–17.30 Uhr
BRÜSSEL
Die Sitzung wird am Donnerstag, 8. Dezember 2016, um 14.05 Uhr unter dem Vorsitz von
Ingeborg Gräßle (Vorsitzende) eröffnet.
8. Dezember 2016, 14.00–17.30 Uhr
1.
Annahme der Tagesordnung
Die Tagesordnung wird mit folgenden Änderungen angenommen: Die geplanten
Abstimmungen werden auf die nächste Sitzung des Haushaltskontrollausschusses
vertagt, und Tagesordnungspunkt 7 wird vor Punkt 6 erörtert.
2.
Mitteilungen des Vorsitzes
Die Vorsitzende weist die Mitglieder auf die Mitteilungen im Informationsblatt des
Haushaltskontrollausschusses hin.
3.
Die Rolle von Informanten beim Schutz der finanziellen Interessen der EU
CONT/8/06285
2016/2055(INI)
Berichterstatter:
Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
Federführend:
Mitberatend:
CONT
ECON –
AFCO –

Beschluss: keine Stellungnahme
Morten Messerschmidt (ECR)
PR – PE587.704v01-00
AM – PE592.170v01-00
AD – PE587.624v02-00
AM – PE592.079v01-00
Annahme des Entwurfs eines Berichts
Die Abstimmung wird auf die Sitzung am 9. Januar 2017 vertagt.
4.
Kontrolle des Registers und Zusammensetzung der Sachverständigengruppen
der Kommission
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CONT/8/05053
2015/2319(INI)
Berichterstatter:
Dennis de Jong (GUE/NGL)
Federführend:
Mitberatend:
CONT*
BUDG –
Helga Trüpel (Verts/ALE)
JURI* –

Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann
(S&D)
Annahme des Entwurfs eines Berichts
PR – PE575.223v01-00
AM – PE589.101v02-00
DT – PE578.657v01-00
AD – PE576.859v02-00
AM – PE578.735v01-00
AD – PE589.119v02-00
AM – PE589.484v01-00
Die Abstimmung wird auf die Sitzung am 9. Januar 2017 vertagt.
5.
Entlastung 2015: Gesamthaushaltsplan der EU – Europäische Kommission
CONT/8/07174
2016/2151(DEC)
COM(2016)0475[01] – C8-0269/2016
Berichterstatter: Joachim Zeller (PPE)
Federführend:
CONT
 Aussprache mit Corina Crețu, für Regionalpolitik zuständiges Mitglied der
Kommission, in Anwesenheit des zuständigen Mitglieds des Europäischen
Rechnungshofs, Iliana Ivanova
Es sprechen: Ingeborg Gräßle, Iliana Ivanova (Mitglied des Rechnungshofs), Corina
Crețu (Mitglied der Kommission), Joachim Zeller, Bogusław Liberadzki, Martina
Dlabajová, Andrey Novakov, Nedzhmi Ali, Claudia Schmidt, Inés Ayala Sender,
Nicholas Martyn (Kommission – GD REGIO)
6.
Bericht des Vorsitzes an den Ausschuss über das Ergebnis der
Trilogverhandlungen über den gemeinsamen Bericht der Ausschüsse CONT und
LIBE zum Thema „Strafrechtliche Bekämpfung von gegen die finanziellen
Interessen der Europäischen Union gerichtetem Betrug“ vom 30. November 2016
(gemäß Artikel 73 Absatz 4 GO)
Es spricht: Ingeborg Gräßle
7.
Sonderbericht des EuRH 23/2016 (Entlastung 2015): Seeverkehr in der EU: in
schwierigem Fahrwasser – zahlreiche nicht wirksame und nicht nachhaltige
Investitionen
CONT/8/08045
Berichterstatterin: Claudia Schmidt (PPE)
DT – PE592.087v01-00
 Vorstellung des Sonderberichts durch das zuständige Mitglied des Europäischen
Rechnungshofs, Oskar Herics, und Prüfung eines Arbeitsdokuments
Es sprechen: Ingeborg Gräßle, Oskar Herics (Mitglied des Rechnungshofs), Claudia
Schmidt, Bogusław Liberadzki, Tomáš Zdechovský, Inés Ayala Sender, Joachim
Zeller, Herald Ruijters (Kommission – GD MOVE), Rudolf Niessler (Kommission –
GD REGIO)
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8.
EU-Mittel für die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter
CONT/8/07100
2016/2144(INI)
Verfasser der
Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)
Stellungnahme:
Federführend:
FEMM –
Clare Moody (S&D)
 Prüfung des Entwurfs einer Stellungnahme
PA – PE593.962v01-00
PR – PE594.036v01-00
Es sprechen: Ingeborg Gräßle, Luke Ming Flanagan, Inés Ayala Sender, Jana Hoskova
(Kommission – GD JUST)
9.
Sonderbericht des EuRH 13/2016 (Entlastung 2015): EU-Hilfe zur Stärkung der
öffentlichen Verwaltung in der Republik Moldau
CONT/8/06636
Berichterstatter: Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE)
DT – PE587.728v01-00
 Vorstellung des Sonderberichts durch das zuständige Mitglied des Europäischen
Rechnungshofs, Hans Gustaf Wessberg, und Prüfung eines Arbeitsdokuments
Es sprechen: Ingeborg Gräßle, Hans Gustaf Wessberg (Rechnungshof), Tomáš
Zdechovský, Inés Ayala Sender (im Namen von Catalin Ivan), Lawrence Meredith
(Kommission – GD NEAR), Joachim Zeller
10.
Sonderbericht des EuRH 20/2016 (Entlastung 2015): Stärkung der
Verwaltungskapazitäten in Montenegro: trotz Fortschritten bessere Ergebnisse
in vielen Kernbereichen erforderlich
CONT/8/07703
Berichterstatter: Tomáš Zdechovský (PPE)
DT – PE594.002v01-00
 Vorstellung des Sonderberichts durch das zuständige Mitglied des Europäischen
Rechnungshofs, Hans Gustaf Wessberg, und Prüfung eines Arbeitsdokuments
Es sprechen: Ingeborg Gräßle, Hans Gustaf Wessberg (Rechnungshof), Tomáš
Zdechovský, Inés Ayala Sender (im Namen von Derek Vaughan), Lawrence Meredith
(Kommission – GD NEAR)
11.
Verschiedenes
Zu diesem Punkt liegt nichts vor.
12.
Nächste Sitzung(en)
 9. Januar 2017, 15.00–18.30 Uhr (Brüssel)
 23. Januar 2017, 15.00–18.30 Uhr (Brüssel)
 24. Januar 2017, 9.00–12.30 und 15.00–18.30 Uhr (Brüssel)
 30. Januar 2017, 15.00–18.30 Uhr (Brüssel)
 31. Januar 2017, 9.00–12.30 und 15.00–18.30 Uhr (Brüssel)
Schluss der Sitzung: 18.32 Uhr.
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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), Martina Dlabajová (3rd Vice-Chair)
Членове/Diputados/Poslanci/Medlemmer/Mitglieder/Parlamendiliikmed/Μέλη/Members/Députés/Zastupnici/Deputati/Deputāti/Nariai/
Képviselõk/Membri/Leden/Posłowie/Deputados/Deputaţi/Jäsenet/Ledamöter
Nedzhmi Ali, Inés Ayala Sender, Luke Ming Flanagan, Bogusław Liberadzki, Petri Sarvamaa, Claudia Schmidt, 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
Karin Kadenbach, Andrey Novakov, Julia Pitera, Patricija Šulin
200 (2)
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)
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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(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/
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 (*)
Cornu Philippe, Gahleitner Andreas, Grisel Mathieu, Guery Claudine, Hoskova Jana, Kraff Manfred, Kuhl Lothar, Latoudis Ioannis,
Lemaitre Marc, Liverino Giulia, Lopez Sanchez Rafael, Martyn Nicholas, Meredith Lawrence, Mulica Irena, Niessler Rudolf, Ollero
Montiel Agueda, Pinto Aderito, Reffay Dessislava,Ros Moreno Gaspar, Ruijters Herald, Rus Ioana, Salmon Jacques, Sebert Franck,
Stelzer Michael, Svendstrup Tina, Ullrich Corinna
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
EEAS
Richard Rodolphe
ECA
Gonzalez Bastero Juan Ignacio, Ivanova Iliana, Murphy Tony, Piron Helena, Rusanescu Corina-Maria,
Stefanov Mihail, Wessberg Hans Gustaf
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/Secr. dos grupos
políticos/Secretariate grupuri politice/Sekretariát politických skupín/Sekretariat političnih skupin/Poliittisten ryhmien sihteeristöt/
Gruppernas sekretariat
PPE
S&D
Godruta-Liliana Filips
ECR
Kamila Wrzesinska
ALDE
Aivars Berners
GUE/NGL
Verts/ALE
EFDD
ENF
NI
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
Leila Scheurette
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
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
Anne Vitrey, Niels Fisher
DG EXPO
DG EPRS
DG COMM
Dorota Kolinska
DG PERS
DG INLO
DG TRAD
DG INTE
DG FINS
DG ITEC
DG SAFE
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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
Ulrich Rosslein
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, Michal Czaplicki, Mauro de Oliveira, Christian Ehlers, Philippe Godts, Tereza Pinto de Rezende, Olivier
Sautière, Hrvoje Svetic
Сътрудник/Asistente/Asistent/Assistent/Assistenz/Βοηθός/Assistant/Assistente/Palīgs/Padėjėjas/Asszisztens/Asystent/Pomočnik/
Avustaja/Assistenter
Veronka Patyi-Horvath
* (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/
Tjänsteman
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ISSUE N° 27
THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2016
14.00 - 17.30
Room: Paul-Henri Spaak (4B001)
1. AGENDA
The draft agenda was emailed to Members on 2 December 2016 and is in the file for the meeting.
2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Chairman draws attention to the following points:
Languages available
FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, DA, ES, CS, ET, PL, BG, RO.
Webstreaming
The CONT meeting is webstreamed on the Europarl web-site.
Please be aware that each time a speaker activates the microphone to make an intervention, the camera
will be automatically directed to the speaker.
Votes
The votes scheduled for this CONT meeting (see points 3 and 4 of the draft agenda) have been
postponed at the request of the main political groups.
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2016
14.00 - 17.30
PUBLIC MEETING
3. THE ROLE OF WHISTLEBLOWERS IN THE PROTECTION OF EU’S FINANCIAL
INTERESTS
Coordinators' meeting in camera
Adoption of draft report
Rapporteur: Dennis***
de Voting
Jong (GUE/NGL)
time ***
Administrators: Hrvoje Svetic
Postponed
4. CONTROL OF THE REGISTER AND COMPOSITION OF THE COMMISSION’S EXPERT
GROUPS
Adoption of draft report
Rapporteur: Dennis de Jong (GUE)/NGL
Administrators: Philippe Godts
Postponed
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5. DISCHARGE 2015: EU GENERAL BUDGET - EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Exchange of views with Corina Creţu, Member of the
European Commission responsible for Regional Policy, in
the presence of the ECA member responsible, in the
presence of ECA Member responsible, Iliana Ivanova
Rapporteur: Joachim Zeller (EPP)
Administrators: Philippe Godts and Christian Ehlers
Shadow Rapporteurs: Bogusław Liberadzki (S&D), Anders Primdahl
Vistisen(ECR), Martina Dlabajová (ALDE), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL),
Bart Staes (Greens/EFA); Marco Valli (EFDD), Louis Aliot (ENF)
Regional policy is part of chapter 6 in the European Court of Auditors' Annual Report entitled "Economic,
social and territorial cohesion". The main policy instrument is the European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF). In 2015 Payments reached EUR 28,3 billion. The Court examined 223 transactions, of which
120 concerned ERDF projects. For all policy areas of chapter 6 together the Court has quantified the
estimated level of error at 5,2%.
The documents of particular relevance for the exchange of views with Commissioner Creţu are:
– The ECA's 2015 Annual Report, Chapters 1, 2 and 6;
– The Commission's follow-up report COM (2016) 674 final and SWD (2016) 338 and;
– The respective Annual Activity Report of the Director General.
These documents are available on the CONT website.
In accordance with the timetable for the discharge procedure, the written questions for this meeting
were sent to the Commission on 24 November 2016 and emailed to Members on the same day.
The answers from the Commission were received on 6 December 2016 and emailed to Members on
the same day.
It is proposed that the hearing with the Commissioner Creţu shall proceed as follows:
–
–
–
–
–
Introduction by the Member of the European Court of Auditors, who will present the findings of the
respective chapters of the Annual Report 2015;
Commissioner Creţu will briefly reply to this introduction;
CONT Rapporteur will put questions to the Commissioner and/or the Court;
Other Members will question the Commissioner and/or the Court;
Closing remarks by the CONT Rapporteur.
CONT Timetable:
Event
Consideration of draft report
Deadline for amendments
Adoption in CONT
Adoption in Plenary
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CONT
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Plenary
Date
27-28 February 2017
6 March 2017
22 March 2017
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6. CHAIR’S REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RESULT OF THE TRILOGUE ON THE
JOINT CONT-LIBE REPORT “FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD TO THE UNION’S FINANCIAL
INTERESTS BY MEANS OF CRIMINAL LAW” - 30 NOVEMBER 2016 (ACCORDING TO
RULE 73,4 OF THE ROP)
Report by the Rapporteur
Rapporteur: Ingeborg Gräßle (EPP)
Administrators: Tereza Pinto De Rezende
The Slovakian Presidency of the Council informed that the negotiations were
extremely difficult and the majority in the Council continued to be very fragile,
as mentioned in the past trilogue meeting.
The political agreement that could be reached at this stage was the following:
With regard to article 2 where the Parliament's position was to have the 10
million EUR threshold for the damage against the VAT system lowered, together with the proposal to
make the connection with the territory of two or more Member States alternative criteria, both issues
were intensely discussed in Council but the Presidency could not find an agreement among the majority
of the MS and the threshold of 10 million EUR has been maintained as such.
With regard to the public procurement fraud withdrawn in the Council text from article 4, 1, following the
Rapporteur's suggestion, the Council proposed to have it included it in the revision clause - article 18, 3 foreseeing that in three years the Commission will assess whether the Directive effectively addresses
the cases of public procurement fraud and, if necessary, makes a legislative proposal with a specific
provision on procurement fraud. It was also agreed that the revision clause would foresee an
assessment of the 10 million EUR threshold for VAT fraud. The sanctions for natural persons in article 7
were clarified in paragraph 3 as Parliament requested and its point on the prescription period (to have at
least 8 years from the date of the final conviction to enforce the conviction for a criminal offence) will also
be covered in the revision clause, in similar terms as the procurement fraud. The explicit reference in a
recital of the principle ne bis in idem was included and the text to be adopted will also exclude the
reference to "breach of his official duties" from article 4, 2 b).
It should be stressed that the Parliament, in this last phase of negotiations, succeed in having the VAT
included in the Directive, to have the public procurement fraud and the adjustment of the prescription
periods indirectly included in the Directive through the revision clause, and had the article 7 clarified
ensuring binding threshold of damages/advantages in connection with the sanctions for natural persons.
The Slovak Presidency will announce the political agreement in the COREPER meeting of 7 th December
and the Parliament will wait for the Council's first reading to adopt an early second reading agreement.
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7. ECA SPECIAL REPORT N° 23/2016 (2015 DISCHARGE) ON “MARITIME
TRANSPORT IN THE EU: IN TROUBLED WATERS - A PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF
PORTS FAILED DUE TO INEFFECTIVE AND UNSUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT”
Presentation of the Special Report by the Member of the
European Court of Auditors responsible, Oskar Herics, and
consideration of a working document
Rapporteur: Claudia Schmidt (EPP)
Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Bugoslaw Liberadzki (S&D),
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (ALDE), Luke Flanagan (GUE/NGL), Marco Valli
(EFDD)
In this audit, the Court assessed the Commission's and Member States' (MS) EU maritime freight
transport strategy and the value for money delivered by EU-funded investments in port services. In
particular, it examined whether the MS and the Commission had put in place strategies for developing
port services for maritime freight transport, developed robust capacity planning and identified the EU and
national funding required for infrastructures; whether the EU-funded port infrastructure projects had been
completed within the budget and on time, and implemented effectively to improve port services for
maritime freight and the transport of goods to the port's hinterland; and whether the Commission had
taken the necessary action as regards state aid and customs procedures to enable seaports to compete
on a level playing field.
The Court concluded that the long-term port development strategies by MS and the Commission did not
provide a robust and coherent basis for planning the capacity needed in EU ports and for identifying the
EU and national public funding required for port infrastructures. Funding in similar port infrastructures
and superstructures in neighbouring ports has led to ineffective and unsustainable investments, and this
highlights shortcomings in the ex ante needs assessments and indicates a high risk of the amounts
invested being wasted. Overall 292 million euros of investments were considered to have been spent
ineffectively. The costs overruns and delays are further illustrations of inefficiencies in the examined
investments in port infrastructures. In addition, many missing and inadequate links to hinterlands will
need further public funding to make the initial port investments work properly. The Court also pointed out
that the internal coordination within the Commission and the procedure involving the EIB to assess
proposed EIB loans for port infrastructures have not been functioning properly. It concluded that the
Commission did not take the necessary actions in the area of state aid and customs to enable ports to
compete on a level playing field. The Court recommends the Commission and, to less extent the MS, to
foresee some actions which will help improving the shortcomings identified in its conclusions.
The Commission have only partially accepted the Court's recommendations and considered this audit
premature as the investment in such infrastructures would require a longer period gap between the
conclusion of the works and its full capacity for an accurate assessment of results.
The Rapporteur endorsed the Court's recommendations and added that it is the Commission's role to
ensure the coherence between the decisions taken at national level and the EU strategy. It is regrettable
that in most cases the return on the infrastructures investments is low and slow, and that implementation
plans and coordination continue to be an issue despite the investment in port development strategies.
The Rapporteur is very concerned by the lack of reporting on aggregated capacity data and unreliable
reporting on available capacity and regrets the lack of cooperation by the MS. The coordination between
the EIB and the Commission should be improved in the Rapporteur's views.
The ECA report and the draft working document are available on the CONT website.
The Rapporteur's recommendations will possibly be included in the 2015 Commission discharge report.
Members of the TRAN committee were invited to the exchange of views.
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8. EU FUNDS FOR GENDER EQUALITY
Consideration of draft opinion
Rapporteur: Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)
Administrator: Tereza Pinto de Rezende
Main Committee: FEMM
Shadow Rapporteurs: Patricija Šulin (EPP), Inés Ayala Sender (S&D)
The Rapporteur proposes in his draft to use gender budgeting as an instrument
to ensuring gender equality and notes that it should be included in all policy
areas. The existing gap between male and female pay for the same work is
unacceptable and the Rapporteur believes that a properly implemented gender
budgeting will have a positive impact in overcoming that gap while broadening the labour base. It is
regretful the lack of gender-aggregated data and gender specific indicators to monitor and evaluate the
EU funded actions to tackle gender equality. The Rapporteur notes in the draft that gender equality goals
are too often subsumed by other policy goals, and asks the Commission and the Member States to
promote a holistic debate on policies and budgetary choices with a view to strengthening policies
contributing to gender equality and eventually achieving the goal of equal pay for equal work for all.
The draft opinion is available on the CONT website.
CONT Timetable:
Event
Deadline for amendments
Adoption in CONT
Adoption in FEMM
Adoption in Plenary
Body
CONT
CONT
FEMM
Plenary
Date
12 December
09 January 2017
25 January 2017
MARCH II
9. ECA SPECIAL REPORT N°13/2016 (2015 DISCHARGE) ON “EU ASSISTANCE
FOR STRENGTHENING THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN MOLDOVA”
Presentation of the Special Report by the Member of the
European Court of Auditors responsible, H.G. Wessberg, and
consideration of a working document
Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP)
Administrator: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs: Catalin Ivan (S&D), Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL), Marco
Valli (EFDD)
The EU cooperates with the Republic of Moldova under the European
Neighbourhood Policy and its eastern regional dimension, the Eastern Partnership. Since 2007, Moldova
has been allocated EU aid amounting to 782 million EUR. This represents 37 EUR per inhabitant
annually, which is the highest per capita aid allocation among any EU’s eastern neighbours.
The Court examined whether EU assistance had contributed effectively towards strengthening the public
administration. The ECA sample covered four budget support programmes, in the sectors of justice,
public finance, public health and water. It also included 20 projects in various public authorities.
The ECA arrived at the conclusion that the EU faces significant challenges with regard to implementing
assistance in Moldova. Political and macroeconomic instability, poor governance and weak public
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administration significantly reduce the Commission’s leverage to encourage reform and that the EU
assistance only partially contributed to strengthening the public administration. External factors
explained a number of the shortcomings observed. Others could be attributed to weaknesses in the
design and implementation of the audited programmes and projects.
In light of its findings the ECA recommended that the Commission should better link the budget support
programmes to national strategies. It should sequence the aid, ensuring that there is a well-defined national reform agenda. It should specifically appraise the relevance and credibility of the country’s
strategy in relation to the available institutional and financial resources. The Commission should
strengthen its use of conditionality. This should involve setting clear and relevant conditions and
performance indicators to better assess and demonstrate results and responding firmly, proportionally
and quickly where the Moldovan government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has
been agreed.
The rapporteur calls on the Commission to continue to follow the principles of sound financial
management. He believes that the Commission should help designing projects that would serve as a
stepping stone for further investments in the country and to establish cooperation with the IFIs in this
regard. Mr Zdechovsky encourages the Commission to prioritise projects with high potential in key areas
such as public procurement or selection procedures, and to avoid financing projects with limited
prospects of sustainability. He also calls on the Commission to encourage their Moldavian counterparts
to develop systematic, clearly formulated national strategies that would include clear, measurable
objectives and to better link designing of the programmes in the country to these strategies.
The ECA report and the draft working document are available on the CONT website.
The Rapporteur's recommendations will possibly be included in the 2015 Commission discharge report.
Members of AFET committee and Moldova Delegation were invited to the exchange of views.
10. ECA SPECIAL REPORT N°20/2016 (2015 DISCHARGE) ON ”STRENGTHENING
ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY IN MONTENEGRO: PROGRESS BUT BETTER RESULTS
NEEDED IN MANY KEY AREAS
Presentation of the Special Report by the Member of the
European Court of Auditors responsible, H.G. Wessberg, and
consideration of a working document
Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP)
Administrators: Michal Czaplicki
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Derek Vaughan (S&D), Michael
Theurer (ALDE), Miguel Viegas (GUE/NGL), Marco Valli (EFDD)
During the 2007 to 2013 period, the EU allocated €235.7 million in financial
assistance to Montenegro to help the country prepare for accession. Of this
amount, 76 % had been contracted by the end of 2015. For the 2014-2020 period, indicative financial
allocations for the country amount to €270.5 million. The country also has access to programmes and
projects financed under multi-beneficiary programmes covering the whole of the Western Balkans region
and Turkey. The audit objective was to assess
wether EU pre-accession assistance during 2007-2013 contributed effectively to strengthening
administrative capacity in Montenegro. The scope extended to both financial assistance (projects funded
by IPA) and non-financial assistance (mechanisms for political dialogue between the EU and
Montenegro).
The ECA arrived at the conclusion that despite the slow progress noted in several key areas, EU-preaccession assistance has helped to strengthen administrative capacity in Montenegro. It recommended
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that the Commission should ensure that capacity-building actions funded at both national and regional
levels address priority needs, take full account of other completed, ongoing and planned support and are
appropriately communicated to potential participants and closely monitor under IPA II the relevance of
capacity-building actions and improve coordination between national and regional actions.
The rapporteur regrets that although projects generally delivered the expected outputs, the results were
not always sustainable. He calls on the Commission to build on the achievements of successful projects,
which are sustainable, have a quantifiable added value and were implemented and used in accordance
with the regulations. He also calls on the Commission to improve strategic planning and to secure
sustainability and viability of the projects by setting it as a clear requirement. Mr Zdechovsky regrets that
there are only a few tangible results in terms of implementing anti-corruption legislation and the progress
in the fight against corruption is only very slow. He stresses that the entire rule of law system needs to
deliver more results with a special focus on strengthening the fight against corruption and organised
crime.
The ECA report and the draft working document are available on the CONT website.
The Rapporteur's recommendations will possibly be included in the 2015 Commission discharge report.
Members of AFTET committee and Montenegro Delegation were invited to the exchange of views.
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