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Parlamento Europeo2019-2024

Comisión de Control Presupuestario

CONT_PV(2019)0925_1

ACTAde la reunión de los días 25 de septiembre de 2019, de las 9.00 a las 12.30 horas y de las

14.30 a las 17.30 horas,

y 26 de septiembre de 2019, de las 9.00 a las 12.30 horas

BRUSELAS

La reunión comienza el miércoles 25 de septiembre de 2019, a las 9.12 horas, bajo la presidencia de Monika Hohlmeier (presidenta).

1. Aprobación del orden del día

Se aprueba el proyecto de orden del día en la forma reflejada por la presente acta.

2. Comunicaciones de la presidencia

La presidenta señala a la atención de los miembros la información recogida en el boletín CONT News.

*** Votación electrónica ***

3. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Oficina Europea de Apoyo al Asilo (EASO)CONT/9/00379

2018/2208(DEC) COM(2018)0521[41] – C8-0359/2018

Ponente:Petri Sarvamaa (PPE) AM – PE641.112v02-00

Fondo:CONT

Aprobación del proyecto de informe

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Se aprueba el proyecto de informe modificado por 25 votos a favor, 0 votos en contra y 1 abstención.

Enmiendas aprobadas: ENM.1, ENM.2, ENM.4, ENM.5, ENM.6, ENM.7, ENM.8, ENM.9, ENM.10, ENM.12, ENM.14, ENM.16

Enmiendas rechazadas: ENM.3, ENM.11, ENM.13, ENM.15

Intervienen: Monika Hohlmeier, Petri Sarvamaa.

4. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Presupuesto general de la Unión Europea - Consejo Europeo y Consejo de la Unión EuropeaCONT/9/00359

2018/2168(DEC) COM(2018)0521[03] – C8-0320/2018

Ponente:Isabel García Muñoz (S&D) AM – PE641.114v01-00

Fondo:CONT

Aprobación del proyecto de informe

Se aprueba el proyecto de informe modificado por 25 votos a favor, 0 votos en contra y 1 abstención.

Enmiendas aprobadas: ENM.1, ENM.2, ENM.3, ENM.4, ENM.6, ENM.7, ENM.8, ENM.9, ENM.10, ENM.11, ENM.12, enmienda oral 1, ENM.14, ENM.15, ENM.16, ENM.17, enmienda oral 2, ENM.19, ENM.20, enmienda oral 3

Enmiendas rechazadas: ENM.5, ENM.13, ENM.18

Intervienen: Monika Hohlmeier, Isabel García Muñoz.

5. Presupuesto general de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2020 – todas las seccionesCONT/9/00544

2019/2028(BUD) 11734/2019 – C9-0119/2019

Ponente de opinión:Corina Crețu (S&D) AD – PE639.783v03-00

AM – PE641.113v01-00Fondo:

BUDG – Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)Eider Gardiazabal Rubial(S&D)

PR – PE641.127v01-00DT – PE639.763v02-00

Aprobación del proyecto de opinión

Se aprueba el proyecto de opinión por 24 votos a favor, 0 votos en contra y 2 abstenciones.

Enmiendas aprobadas: ENM.1, ENM.2, ENM.3, ENM.4, ENM.5, ENM.6, ENM.7, ENM.8,

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ENM.9, ENM.10, ENM.11, ENM.12, enmienda oral 1, ENM.13, ENM.14, ENM.15, ENM.16, ENM.18, ENM.19, ENM.21, ENM.22

Enmienda rechazada: ENM.17

Enmienda que decae: ENM.20

Intervienen: Monika Hohlmeier, Corina Crețu.

*** Fin de la votación electrónica ***

6. Aprobación de la gestión 2018: Presupuesto general de la Unión - Comisión EuropeaCONT/9/01021

2019/2055(DEC) COM(2019)0316[01] – C9-0050/2019

Ponente:Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)

Fondo:CONT

Intercambio de puntos de vista con direcciones generales de la Comisión sobre las reservas emitidas en el marco de sus informes anuales de actividades relativos a 2018:

- Jean-Eric Paquet (director general de Investigación e Innovación [DG RTD]), - Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (director general de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural [DG AGRI]), - Marc Lemaître (director general de Política Regional y Urbana [DG REGIO]), - Joost Korte (director general de Empleo, Asuntos Sociales e Inclusión [DG EMPL]),- Paraskevi Michou (directora general de Migración y Asuntos Interiores [DG HOME]), y- Koen Doens (director general adjunto de Cooperación Internacional y Desarrollo [DG DEVCO]).

Intervienen: Jean-Eric Paquet (DG RTD), Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (DG AGRI), Marc Lemaître (DG REGIO), Joost Korte (DG EMPL), Paraskevi Michou (DG HOME), Koen Doens (DG DEVCO), Monika Hohlmeier, Olivier Chastel, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Tsvetelina Penkova, Isabel García Muñoz, Tomáš Zdechovský.

Isabel García Muñoz (primera vicepresidenta) asume la presidencia de la reunión a las 11.30 horas.

La reunión se suspende a las 12.45 horas.

25 de septiembre de 2019, de las 14.30 a las 16.00 horas

La reunión se reanuda el miércoles 25 de septiembre de 2019, a las 14.38 horas, bajo la

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presidencia de Isabel García Muñoz (primera vicepresidenta).

Los puntos 7 y 8 se examinan conjuntamente.

7. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Presupuesto general de la Unión - Comisión EuropeaCONT/9/01354 Intercambio de puntos de vista con Günther Oettinger (comisario de Presupuesto y

Recursos Humanos) y presentación del informe sobre el seguimiento de la aprobación de la gestión presupuestaria del ejercicio 2017 (artículo 261, apartado 1, del Reglamento Financiero) [COM(2019)0334])

8. Aprobación de la gestión 2018: Presupuesto general de la Unión - Comisión EuropeaCONT/9/01021

2019/2055(DEC) COM(2019)0316[01] – C9-0050/2019

Ponente:Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)

Fondo:CONT

Intercambio de puntos de vista con Günther Oettinger (comisario de Presupuesto y Recursos Humanos) y presentación de los documentos siguientes:

- Informe anual de gestión y rendimiento del presupuesto de la UE para 2018 [COM(2019)0299]; - Informe anual a la autoridad responsable de aprobar la gestión presupuestaria sobre las auditorías internas efectuadas en 2018 (artículo 118, apartado 4, del Reglamento Financiero) (COM(2019)350 final), en presencia de Manfred Kraff (director general del Servicio de Auditoría Interna de la Comisión Europea).

Intervienen: Monika Hohlmeier, Günther Oettinger, Tsvetelina Penkova, Martina Dlabajová, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Petri Sarvamaa, Manfred Kraff (Comisión Europea, Servicio de Auditoría Interna).

25 de septiembre de 2019, de las 16.00 a las 17.30 horas

9. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Presupuesto general de la UE - Parlamento EuropeoCONT/9/01353 Intercambio de puntos de vista con Klaus Welle (secretario general del Parlamento

Europeo) sobre el seguimiento de la aprobación de la gestión de 2017

Intervienen: Monika Hohlmeier, Klaus Welle, Tamás Deutsch, Maria Grapini, Gilles Boyer, Katalin Cseh, Petri Sarvamaa, Joachim Kuhs.

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10. Asuntos varios

Nada que señalar.

11. Próximas reuniones 8 de octubre de 2019, de las 9.00 a las 12.30 horas y de las 15.00 a las 18.30 horas

(Bruselas); 17 de octubre de 2019, de las 9.00 a las 12.30 horas.

La reunión termina a las 17.21 horas.

26 de septiembre de 2019, de las 9.00 a las 12.30 horas

A puerta cerrada

12. Reunión de los coordinadores

Se adjunta en anexo un resumen de las recomendaciones de los coordinadores.

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Resultados de las votaciones nominales

Índice

3. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Oficina Europea de Apoyo al Asilo (EASO) - CONT/9/00379...........................................................................................................................73.1. Votación final...................................................................................................................74. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Presupuesto general de la UE – Consejo y Consejo Europeo - CONT/9/00359.........................................................................................................84.1. Votación final...................................................................................................................85. Presupuesto general de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2020 - todas las secciones - CONT/9/00544 ........................................................................................................................95.1. Votación final...................................................................................................................9

Explicación de los signos utilizados:+ : a favor- : en contra0 : abstenciones

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3. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Oficina Europea de Apoyo al Asilo (EASO) - CONT/9/00379

3.1. Votación final

21 +

ECR Derk Jan Eppink, Raffaele Fitto

ID Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs, Lucia Vuolo

NI Michael Heaver, Sabrina Pignedoli

PPE Lefteris Christoforou, Tamás Deutsch, Monika Hohlmeier, Markus Pieper, Petri Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský

RENEW Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Cristian Ghinea, Ramona Strugariu

VERTS/ALE Daniel Freund, Mikuláš Peksa, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel

0 -

6 0

S&D Caterina Chinnici, Corina Crețu, Isabel García Muñoz, Claudiu Manda, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lara Wolters

Explicación de los signos utilizados:+ : a favor- : en contra0 : abstenciones

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4. Aprobación de la gestión 2017: Presupuesto general de la UE – Consejo y Consejo Europeo - CONT/9/00359

4.1. Votación final

25 +

ECR Derk Jan Eppink, Raffaele Fitto

ID Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs, Lucia Vuolo

NI Michael Heaver, Sabrina Pignedoli

PPE Lefteris Christoforou, Tamás Deutsch, Markus Pieper, Petri Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský

RENEW Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Cristian Ghinea, Ramona Strugariu

S&D Caterina Chinnici, Corina Crețu, Isabel García Muñoz, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lara Wolters

VERTS/ALE Daniel Freund, Mikuláš Peksa, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel

0 -

0 0

Explicación de los signos utilizados:+ : a favor- : en contra0 : abstenciones

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5. Presupuesto general de la Unión Europea para el ejercicio 2020 - todas las secciones - CONT/9/00544

5.1. Votación final

24 +

ID

NI

EPP

Renew

S&D

Verts/ALE

Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs, Lucia Vuolo

Sabrina Pignedoli

Lefteris Christoforou, Tamás Deutsch, Monika Hohlmeier, Markus Pieper, Petri Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský

Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Cristian Ghinea, Ramona Strugariu

Caterina Chinnici, Corina Crețu, Isabel García Muñoz, Claudiu Manda, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lara Wolters

Daniel Freund, Mikuláš Peksa, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel

2 -

ECR

NI

Derk Jan Eppink

Michael Heaver

0

ECR Raffaele Fitto

Explicación de los signos utilizados:+ : a favor- : en contra0 : abstenciones

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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 (*)

Monika Hohlmeier, Isabel García Muñoz, Caterina Chinnici, Tamás Deutsch

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

Lefteris Christoforou, Markus Pieper, Petri Sarvamaa, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský, Corina Crețu, Claudiu Manda, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lara Wolters, Olivier Chastel, Cristian Ghinea, Daniel Freund, Matteo Adinolfi, Joachim Kuhs, Raffaele Fitto, Michael Heaver, Sabrina Pignedoli

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

Niclas Herbst, Maria Grapini, Katalin Cseh, Ramona Strugariu, Mikuláš Peksa, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel, Lucia Vuolo, Derk Jan Eppink

209 (7)

216 (3)

56 (8) (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)

Присъствал на/Presente el/Přítomný dne/Til stede den/Anwesend am/Viibis(id) kohal/Παρών στις/Present on/Présent le/Nazočni dana/Presente il/Piedalījās/ Dalyvauja/Jelen volt/Preżenti fi/Aanwezig op/Obecny dnia/Presente em/Prezent/Prítomný dňa/Navzoči dne/Läsnä/Närvarande den:

(1) 25.09.2019 (2) 26.09.2019

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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 (*)

Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), Marc Lemaître, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), Joost Korte, Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL), Paraskevi Michou, Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME), Koen Doens, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO), Manfred Kraff, Director-General for Internal Audit Service.

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

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

Renew

Verts/ALE

ID

ECR

GUE/NGL

NI

Balazs Szechy, Edyta Tarczynska, Ewa Tomczuk

Diana Popova

Orsolya Balogh

Robert Godina

Huw David

Elisa Reschini

Marianna Lorenzano

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

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

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 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, Cécile Bourgault, Christian Ehlers, Philippe Godts, Charlotte Kutzenberger, Benoit Lefort, Olivier Sautière

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

Veronika 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°12 - 25-26 SEPTEMBER 2019

NEWSLETTER

NEXT COMMITTEE MEETINGWEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 20199.00 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 17.30THURSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 2019

9.00 – 12.30Room: Paul-Henri Spaak (PHS) 4B001, Brussels

1. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

2. CHAIR’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

Interpretation: FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, EL, ES, FI, SV, CS, HU, PL, BG and RO.

Webstreaming: please be aware that each time a speaker activates the microphone to make an intervention, the camera will be automatically directed to the speaker.

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WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 20199.00 - 12.30

PUBLIC MEETING

*** ELECTRONIC VOTING ***

3. DISCHARGE 2017: 2ND REPORT ON THE EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE (EASO)Procedure file

Adoption of second draft report

Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa (EPP) Administrator: Cécile Bourgault

Shadow Rapporteurs: Lara Wolters (S&D), Ramona Strugariu (RE), Viola Von Cramon-Taubel (Greens), Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL)

On 26 March 2019, the Parliament decided to postpone the discharge on EASO. The second draft report concerning the 2017 discharge on EASO was presented by the Rapporteur to the CONT Committee on 4 September 2019.

EASO is the only decentralised agency for which the European Court of Auditors (ECA) issued an adverse opinion on the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts. The main issues identified regarding EASO were related to material and systematic instances of non-compliance of payments with the Office’s Financial Regulation, mainly related to public procurement and recruitment procedures.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) opened an investigation and discovered a breach of procurement procedures, misappropriation of EU funds, mismanagement, abuse of position in human resources issues, breaches of data protection rules, harassment and inappropriate behaviour towards staff members

Members can consult the case report under the procedure applicable to confidential documents. Should Members wish to do so, please contact Marcia Maguire (marcia.maguire@ep.europa.eu) until the 27 September 2019.

Based on the measures taken by EASO in light of the ECA and the OLAF observations, the Rapporteur is in favour of refusing discharge to EASO. The amendments were sent to Members on 11 September, the draft report, other relevant information and the amendments are available on the CONT website.

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Timetable:

Event Body DateAdoption in CONT CONT 25 SeptemberAdoption in Plenary Plenary October II

4. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - COUNCIL AND EUROPEAN COUNCILProcedure file

Adoption of the second draft reportRapporteur: Isabel García Muñoz (S&D)Administrator: Charlotte Kutzenberger

Shadow Rapporteurs: Angelika Winzig (EPP), Olivier Chastel (RE), Mikulas Peksa (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)

On 26 March 2019, Plenary postponed the 2017 Council and European Council discharge, maintaining the decision and reconfirming the content of the report as voted in the CONT Committee.

Following this vote, the Rapporteur presented her second draft report at the beginning September 2019. Twenty amendments were tabled with deadline of 9

September, calling the Council to enhance its efforts to join finally the transparency register and to undertake all necessary steps to be transparent and fully accountable to Union citizens for their funds by citing evidences confirming this obligation.

The Rapporteur also criticizes the practices of the Member States hosting the EU Presidency regarding corporate sponsorship policy in the draft report. Ms. García Muñoz calls the Council to adopt guidelines in order to promote financial transparency and independency of the Presidency.

Ms Garcia Munoz repeats the outstanding issues and Parliament’s responsibilities in the discharge process and proposes to refuse the Council and European Council’s discharge for the financial year 2017.

The draft report and amendments can be found on the CONT website.

Timetable:

Event Body DateAdoption in CONT CONT 25 SeptemberAdoption in Plenary Plenary October II

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5. GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2020 - ALL

SECTIONSProcedure file

Adoption of draft opinion to BUDG

Rapporteur: Corina Crețu (S&D)Administrator: Philippe Godts

Shadow Rapporteurs: Lefteris Christoforou (EPP), Olivier Chastel (RE), Mikulas Peksa (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)

In her draft opinion, Ms Crețu calls on the Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament, in coordination with the sector committees of this Parliament, to promote a real culture of “result orientation” aiming at optimizing the use of funds, analysing the reasons leading to low performance programmes and pushing for measures for improvement of absorption and performance.

CONT Members tabled 22 amendments regarding, in particular, programmes of technical assistance; Frontex activities; Horizon 2020; a separate heading for security and defence and a clear allocation of tasks between OLAF and the EPPO.

The draft opinion and amendments can be found on the CONT website.

CONT Timetable:

Event Body DateAdoption in CONT CONT 25-26 SeptemberAdoption in BUDG BUDG 14 October Adoption in Plenary Plenary October II

*** END OF ELECTRONIC VOTING ***

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6. 2018 DISCHARGE: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN COMMISSIONProcedure file

Exchange of views with Commission Directorates-General on the reservations issued in their 2018 annual activity reports

Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)Administrator: Philippe Godts / Christian Ehlers

Shadow Rapporteurs: Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D), Olivier Chastel (RE), Viola Von Cramon-Taubel (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)

Exchange of views on the annual activity reports, and in particular on the reservations issued in those reports by the Commission Directorates-General with:

- Mr Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), - Mr Jerzy Bogdan Plewa, Director-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), - Mr Marc Lemaître, Director-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), - Mr Joost Korte, Director General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL)- Ms Paraskevi Michou, Director-General for Migration and Home Affairs (DG HOME) and- Mr Koen Doens, Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO).

In its resolution accompanying the Commission discharge for 2017, the Parliament “draws attention to the reservations issued by the Commission services during the normal annual discharge procedures, to the fact that every Member State performs differently in using the diversity of Union funds and that there are always areas where improvement is required”.

In their annual activity reports for 2018, the Directors-General who are Authorising Officers by Delegation identified the main reasons for their reservations and set out remedial actions to address them.

According to the Annual Management and Performance Report for the EU budget in 2018 (COM 2019) 299 final/2, 30 authorising officers by delegation issued unqualified declarations of assurance, while 20 issued qualified declarations with a total of 40 reservations. These reservations affect revenue as well as expenditure. In all cases, the authorising officers by delegation concerned adopted action plans to address the underlying weaknesses and mitigate the resulting risks.

Of the 40 reservations, 38 are recurrent and two are new (one by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises; and one by the Home Affairs Department).

Half the reservations concern legacy programmes for the period 2007-2013. For these legacy programmes, there is only a very limited number of transactions remaining. These reservations are maintained, despite all having low financial impacts, as the related error levels remain above the 2% materiality threshold.

The Annual Activity reports 2018 are available on the CONT website. These reports and the Management Plans are available on the Commission website.

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WEDNESDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 201914.30 - 17.30

PUBLIC MEETING

7. / 8. DISCHARGE 2017/2018: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - COMMISSION

Exchange of views with Commissioner Günther Oettinger and presentation of the report on the follow-up to the discharge for the 2017 financial years

Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)Administrator: Philippe Godts / Christian Ehlers

Shadow Rapporteurs: Tsvetelina Penkova (S&D), Olivier Chastel (RE), Viola Von Cramon-Taubel (Greens), Luke Ming Flanagan (GUE/NGL)

Exchange of views with the EU Commissioner responsible for Budget and Human Resources, Günther Oettinger, and in presence of Manfred Kraff, Director-General of the European Commission’s internal Audit Service, on the basis of the following documents:

the follow-up to the discharge for the 2017 financial year (Article 262 of the Financial Regulation, COM (2019) 334;

the 2018 Annual Management and Performance Report for the EU Budget COM (2019) 299; the Annual Report to the Discharge Authority on internal audits carried out in 2018 (Article 118(4) of

the Financial Regulation) ,COM (2019)350 and SWD(2019) 300 final.The Communication of the Commission on the follow-up to the discharge for the 2017 financial year explains the measures taken by the Commission in light of Parliament’s resolution.

Exchange of views with Commissioner Günther Oettinger on the 2018 discharge procedure

The 2018 Annual Management and Performance Report for the EU Budget, drafted pursuant to Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in accordance with the Article 247(1)(b) of the Financial Regulation, depicts in section one performance and results, and in section two internal control, and financial management achievements. Bringing together information on the performance and management of the EU budget, the Annual Management and Performance Report endeavours to provide a comprehensive overview of how the EU budget supports the Union’s political priorities.

The Annual Report to the Discharge Authority on internal audits, carried out in 2018, is based on the audit and consulting work by the Internal Audit Services in the Commission Directorates-General and Executive Agencies. It includes information on significant risk exposure, control issues and governance aspects. These documents are available on the CONT website.

The discussion could be organised in the following way:

Commissioner Oettinger could introduce the follow-up to Parliament’s 2017 Commission discharge and the Annual Management and Performance Report;

the Shadow Rapporteur of the 2017 discharge and the Rapporteur of the 2018 discharge reply before

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the floor is given to other CONT Members; in a second round, the Commission Internal Auditor could present the Annual Report to the Discharge

Authority on internal audits carried out in 2017 ; the floor is given to other CONT Members; replies by the Commissioner and the Internal Auditor; closing remarks by the Rapporteurs.

These documents are available on the CONT website.

CONT Timetable:

Event Body DateConsideration of draft report CONT 20-21 January 2020Deadline for amendments CONT 29 January 2020Adoption in CONT CONT 19-20 February 2020Adoption in Plenary Plenary March II 2020

9. DISCHARGE 2017: GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EU - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTProcedure file

Exchange of views with the Secretary-General of the European Parliament, Klaus Welle on the follow-up of the 2017 dischargeRapporteur for the follow-up of the 2017 discharge: Tamás Deutsch (EPP)Rapporteur for the 2018 discharge: Maria Grapini (S&D)Administrator: Cécile Bourgault

Shadow Rapporteurs: Gilles Boyer (RE), Daniel Freund (Greens) Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL) In accordance with the resolution of 26 March 2019 accompanying the decision on discharge for the financial year 2017, the Secretary General will briefly summarise the replies and follow-up of the EP administration to the various questions and requests of the 2017 EP discharge resolution before proceeding to an exchange of views. The Secretary General's written replies have been made available prior to the

committee meeting. These were sent to Members by email on 17 September and have been published on the CONT website. It is proposed that the discussion is structured following this order of interventions:

brief presentation by the Secretary General on the replies and follow-up of the administration; statement and oral questions by the Rapporteur for the follow-up of the 2017 discharge; reply by the Secretary General to the Rapporteur; questions by the Rapporteur for the 2018 discharge and then by other Members; replies by the Secretary General and closing remarks by the Rapporteur for the follow-up of the 2017

discharge.The Follow-up Report to 2017 Discharge European Parliament resolution is available on the CONT website.

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10. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

11. NEXT MEETINGS

8 October 2019 – 9.00 – 12.30 and 14.30 – 18.30 (Brussels)

17 October 2019 - 9.00 – 12.30 (Brussels)

THRUSDAY, 26 SEPTEMBER 20199.00 - 12.30

IN CAMERA MEETING

12. COORDINATORS’ MEETING

Meeting held in camera

PAPERLESS PROGRAMME (INTERNAL USERS ONLY)Access CONT committee meeting documents on eMeeting or any CONT committee information on eCommittee

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONContact the CONT Secretariat or visit the website of the CONT committee

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European Parliament2019 - 2023

Committee on Budgetary Control- The Secretariat -

COORDINATORS' MEETING

Thursday, 26 September 2019

09.00-12.30

Brussels, Meeting room PHS 04B001

Summary of recommendations1 October 2019

1. Allocation of legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions ............................232. ECA special reports and other products.....................................................................233. Inter-institutional meeting on OLAF matters .........................................................244. Public hearings - 1st half of 2020...............................................................................255. Missions - 1st half of 2020.........................................................................................256. Activities with National Parliaments - 1st half of 2020 .............................................257. Annual meeting with European Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank 258. Gender Mainstreaming Network ............................................................................269. Petitions network........................................................................................................2610. Draft calendar of committee meetings - 2020 ........................................................2611. Discharge 2018-2023 allocation table - swap between S&D and Renew ..............2612. Council Discharge - A way forward.......................................................................27

Items for information ................................................................................................................2813. Hearings of Commissioners-designate ...................................................................2814. “Setting the Future Agenda”...................................................................................2815. Documents received for information......................................................................2816. Any other business..................................................................................................2817. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting.........................................................28

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Items for decision

1. Allocation of legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions

In the past, CONT used to allocate legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions as well as reports on the appointments/renewal of the ECA members following the sector allocation.

It was proposed to coordinators to discuss if this method of allocation should be maintained during the 9th Parliamentary term or if a different system by fixed price or auction system might be considered.

Decision: Coordinators decided to favour a points system for legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions and asked the Secretariat to present a proposal for such a system. Coordinators further decided not to use any longer the sector allocation for the hearings in view of the appointment of the Members of the Court of Auditors.

The secretariat will prepare a proposal for the next coordinators meeting.

2. ECA special reports and other products

Coordinators were invited:

- to exchange views and decide on

proposed options regarding the different choices for selection of ECA special reports,

the cooperation with other committees when dealing with special reports,

the follow-up to the presentation of special reports and

how to deal with the “backlog” of ECA special reports (publications from April to September 2019).

Decision:

With regard to the selection of special reports, Coordinators decided to

- select special reports on the combined basis of a list of sectors and on the annual publications list of the ECA;

- postpone the decision on the distribution of sectors among political groups and the decision on the selection of ECA reports on the basis of the ECA’s publication list to the coordinators meeting of 8 October 2019,

With regard to the involvement of other committees, Coordinators decided to

- uphold CONT priority for special reports selected for presentation in CONT while giving the way free for immediate presentation of non-selected reports by the Court of Auditors in EP specialised committees; CONT would expect to be invited for every presentation of an ECA report in a specialised committee;

With regard to the follow-up of special reports, Coordinators decided to

- maintain the habit of producing working documents in order to enrich the debate and to maintain the Volume II of the Discharge report to the Commission;

With regard to the ‘backlog’ of special reports, Coordinators decided to

- invite the Court of Auditors to present five out of the following reports at the CONT

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meeting of 8 October 2019:

1. SR 05/2019 Fraud in Cohesion Area - EPP

2. SR 06/2019Fund for the European Aid to the Most deprived - S+D

3. SR 7/2019 Cross border healthcare - RE

4. SR 12/2019 E-commerce vulnerability to tax fraud - EPP

5. Rapid Case Review Sustainability Reporting - S+D

6. SR 14/2019 public Participation in EU law-making - Greens

7. SR 11/2019 SESAR Deployment - ID

8. BP on Performance orientation in cohesion - ECR

3. Inter-institutional meeting on OLAF mattersArticle 16(1) of the Regulation 883/2013 (OLAF Regulation) stipulates: “The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall once a year meet the Director-General for an exchange of views at political level to discuss the Office’s policy relating to methods of preventing and combating fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the financial interests of the Union. The Supervisory Committee shall participate in the exchange of views. Representatives of the Court of Auditors, Eurojust and/or Europol may be invited to attend on an ad hoc basis upon request of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Director-General or the Supervisory Committee.” Article 16(2) sets the agenda for the annual meeting: “The exchange of views may relate to:

a. the strategic priorities for the Office’s investigation policies;

b. the opinions and activity reports of the Supervisory Committee provided for under Article 15;

c. the reports of the Director-General under Article 17(4) and, as appropriate, any other reports by the institutions relating to the mandate of the Office;

d. the framework of the relations between the Office and the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies;

e. the framework of the relations between the Office and the competent authorities of the Member States;

f. the relations between the Office and the competent authorities in third countries as well as international organisations in the framework of the arrangements referred to in this Regulation;

g. the effectiveness of the work of the Office with regard to the performance of its mandate.”

This year the Commission and the Council Presidency put forward two issues for discussion: Today OLAF performs administrative investigations into fraud and irregularities

involving EU funds, into serious misconduct among Members and staff of EU institutions, and plays an important role in developing the Commission's and the EU's anti-fraud policy in these areas. How can the role of OLAF evolve in the medium to long term?

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Taking into account article 16(2)(d) of Regulation 883/2013 (OLAF Regulation) and considering the evolution of the EU's institutional landscape for the fight against fraud, what are your expectations about the content and role of the Inter-institutional Exchange of Views for future years?

The CONT secretariat stressed that the purpose of the inter-institutional exchange of views is for the Parliament and the Council to debate the effectiveness of OLAF’s work with regard to the performance of its mandate. To this end, the institutions scrutinize the documents mentioned in Article 16(2).Commission/OLAF briefing notes could introduce additional issues, i.e. the future of the inter-institutional dialogue.Decision: Coordinators agreed on the proposed date of 11 December 2019 pm and decided that the CONT delegation will include the CONT Bureau, Coordinators and the Rapporteur on the Revision of the OLAF Regulation, Mr Marinescu.

The two proposed items for discussion were endorsed by Coordinators. In addition, they approved to propose an in-depth exchange on the annual reports of OLAF and the OLAF Supervisory Committee.

4. Public hearings - 1st half of 2020Coordinators were invited to communicate to the secretariat their proposals for public hearings for the first half of 2020 by 20 September 2019, 12.00. Decision: Coordinators decided to organise the following two hearings for the first semester 2020:- Follow-up of OLAF cases in the Member States (rapporteur Zdechovsky)- Fighting fraud, corruption and other irregularities in Member States through better control mechanisms for allocating EU funds - EPPO jurisdiction, conditionality and mandatory use of risk assessment tools (possibly joint hearing with REGI);

5. Missions - 1st half of 2020Coordinators were invited to communicate to the secretariat their proposal for two CONT missions in the first half of 2020 by 20 September 2019, 12.00.Decision: Coordinators agreed to request authorisation for organising missions to Sweden in February 2020 (week 9) and to Tunisia in May 2020 (week 21).

6. Activities with National Parliaments - 1st half of 2020Committees were requested to inform the CCC concerning their planned activities with National Parliaments (inter-parliamentary meeting, meetings with national parliamentarians during a committee mission, others) during the first semester of 2020.

The draft programme of Committee activities with National Parliaments for the1st semester 2020 will be endorsed by the CCC at its meeting of 22 October 2019.

Decision: Coordinators decided to invite national parliaments to the public hearing on the follow-up of OLAF cases in the Member States.

7. Annual meeting with European Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank

As per the decision of CONT coordinators of 24 July 2019, the Secretariat confirmed with

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the European Court of Auditors and the EIB to hold the annual meeting in Luxembourg on Wednesday, 19 November 2019.Preparations on administrative level are ongoing with ECA and EIB. The event (covering both visits) is open to all CONT Members since it will be organised in the form of an extra-ordinary CONT meeting in Luxemburg.Decision: The date of 19 November 2019 was endorsed (pending confirmation) and Coordinators were invited to communicate to the Secretariat the list of their participating members from their respective political groups by Monday, 7 October 2019, 18.00.Coordinators approved the draft letter requesting to hold an extraordinary CONT meeting in the premises of the EP in Luxembourg.8. Gender Mainstreaming Network

Coordinators were invited to nominate members to represent CONT in the GM network by 20 September 2019, 12.00.

Decision: Coordinators endorsed the nomination of Ms Katalin CSEH (Renew) as CONT full member. No substitute member to represent CONT in this network was proposed.

9. Petitions network

Coordinators were invited to nominate members to represent CONT in the Petitions network by 20 September 2019, 12.00.

Decision: The item is postponed to the next coordinator’s meeting.

10.Draft calendar of committee meetings - 2020

Decision: Coordinators adopted the draft calendar of CONT committee meetings for 2020. (see Annex I)

11.Discharge 2018-2023 allocation table - swap between S&D and RenewS&D and Renew groups agreed among each other to swap the responsibility for two discharge reports as follows:- 2019 Discharge: S&D will be responsible for the PIF report, Renew takes the ‘Other institutions’;- 2020 Discharge: S&D will be responsible for the ‘Other institutions’, Renew takes the PIF report.

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Decision: Coordinators endorsed this modification in the allocation of discharge files.Coordinators decided further to modify the timetable for the discharge procedure for the financial year 2018 in two regards:- the hearing with the Commissioner responsible for Regional Development (Hearing 2) will be postponed from 17 October to 11/12 November 2019 and- the hearing with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy and well as the Hearing with the Commissioner responsible for EDF (Hearing 3) will be postponed from 5 November to 28 November, tbc (Strasburg Plenary session). Coordinators will find in Annex II the updated calendar of discharge 2018.

12.Council Discharge - A way forward

The European Parliament has been refusing to grant discharge to the Council for the last eight years (since the discharge 2009, decided in 2011) and has again postponed discharge to the Council in April 2019.The main reason was the lack of cooperation of the Council in the discharge procedure with the European Parliament who is ultimately the sole discharge authority. The Council's refusal is based on the legal argument that under Article 319 TFEU Parliament gives discharge only to the Commission, but to no other institution. By contrast, all other institutions and bodies have accepted the discharge procedure as set out in Annex V to the Rules of procedure. In 2011, the Council made a first attempt to solve the conflict between the two institutions by proposing a memorandum of understanding to which the European Parliament did not react because it was based on full reciprocity between the two institutions (with regard to submission of documents, answers to questions and a bilateral meeting to be organised every year). In 2017, both sides expressed the wish to overcome the deadlock. After an informal meeting between the CONT Chair and the Council's Secretary-General, the CONT coordinators set up a working group, received a mandate form the Conference of Presidents (28 November 2017) and negotiated with the Council a revised text for an agreement of the two institutions on their cooperation in the discharge procedure. At the meeting of 10 July 2018, an agreement was in reach and the CONT Chair wrote in this sense to the Council by letter of 16 July 2018. This letter remained without reply from the Council ever since. However, the President of the European Parliament sent two letters to the CONT Chair (5 September 2018 and 21 November 2018) expressing concerns that the position expressed by CONT did not respect Parliament's prerogatives. In her reply, the CONT Chair aimed to dissipate these concerns and underlined that the agreement in reach on the

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cooperation of the two institutions would be the only way out of the deadlock. In CONT, all the political groups were unanimous at that point in time that such agreement should allow to find a solution to this longstanding institutional dispute and should also enhance the overall credibility of the discharge procedure.On 26 July 2019, the CONT Chair, mandated by coordinators, sent a letter to the Council with the invitation to take position on the last letter of the European Parliament which remained unanswered.

Decision: Coordinators approved the Chair’s proposal to explore informally the Council’s readiness for further deliberations. Coordinators expressed their wish to be kept fully informed and associated to further talks with the Council. Before entering into negotiations with the Council, a further mandate from the Conference of Presidents would be required and the Legal Service should be heard. The Secretariat was invited to produce an information note on the reasons and the history of this longstanding institutional conflict.

Items for information

13.Hearings of Commissioners-designateCoordinators were recalled the structure of the hearing, the allocation of questions (according to the decision of the CoP on 19 September 2019) and that coordination among political groups was necessary with regard to the content and order of questions.The hearing of Mr Reynders by JURI/LIBE is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 2 October from 9.00 to 12.00. CONT has the status of invited committee.The hearing of Mr Hahn by BUDG/CONT with JURI as invited committee is scheduled to take place on Thursday 3 October from 14.30 to 17.30.

14. “Setting the Future Agenda”Coordinators were informed that the aim of this project initiated by the Secretary General of the European Parliament was to empower the Members of the new Parliament in the policy-making by providing them with fresh ideas and policy options, as well as highlighting what has been achieved in the past and what is still to be done. Coordinators received four concept notes on possible policy priorities to CONT on the following topics:

Strengthening the fight against fraud - using the potential of Article 325 TFEU Conflict of interest, a new definition in the financial regulation Monitoring the cost-effectiveness in the implementation of the EU’s policies Discharge - a way out of the deadlock concerning discharge of the Council

15.Documents received for information Coordinators received all documents the committee received for information since the last coordinators’ meeting (24 July 2019). They were informed that most of these documents are available online on the CONT website, any Members wishing to consult these documents can contact CONT Secretariat for further information.16. Any other businessNone.17. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting

8 October 2019 (time tbc)

CONT MEETINGS 2020

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Draft calendar - as of 5 September 2019 Annex VIIDates Main items

Monday, 20 January 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 14h30-18h30

Consideration of draft reports on 2018 Discharge

Monday, 27 January 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 28 January 2020, 14h30-18h30

Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 09h00-12h30Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 14h30-18h30Thursday, 20 February 2020, 09h00-12h30

Presentation of Council Recommendations

Vote on draft reports on 2018 Discharge

Thursday, 5 March 2020, 09h00-12h30

Monday, 16 March 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 09h00-12h30 Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 14h30-18h30

Monday, 23 March 2020, 15h00-18h30

Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 09h00-12h30Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 14h30-18h30Thursday, 30 April 2020, 09h00-12h30

Monday, 25 May 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 26 May 2020, 14h30-18h30

Monday, 22 June 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 14h30-18h30

Wednesday, 15 July 2020, 09h00-12h30Wednesday, 16 July 2020, 14h30-18h30Thursday, 16 July 2020, 09h00-12h30

Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 09h00-12h30Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 14h30-18h30Thursday, 3 September 2020, 09h00-12h30

Monday, 28 September, 15h00-18h30 (tbc) Vote on Discharge(s) 2018 postponed

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Thursday, 15 October 2020, 09h00-12h30 Hearings on 2019 Discharge

Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 09h00-12h30Wednesday, 28 October 2020, 14h30-18h30Thursday, 29 October 2020, 09h00-12h30

Hearings on 2019 Discharge

Monday, 9 November 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 10 November 2020, 14h30-18h30

Hearings on 2019 Discharge

Monday, 16 November 2020, 15h00-18h30 Hearings on 2019 Discharge

Monday, 30 November 2020, 15h00-18h30Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 09h00-12h30Tuesday, 1 December 2020, 14h30-18h30 Hearings on 2019 Discharge

Monday, 7 December 2020, 15h00-18h30 Hearings on 2019 Discharge

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Directorate for Budgetary AffairsSecretariat of the Committee on Budgetary Control

TIMETABLEfor the discharge procedure for the financial year 2018

as of 3 October 2019

2019Exchange of views with the Director Generals of:

DG AGRI DG REGIO DG HOME DG DEVCO DG Research DG EMPL

on the reservations issued in their annual activity reports(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Wednesday, 25 September 2019, AM

Follow-up on EP 2017 discharge with Klaus Welle, Secretary-General of the European Parliament

(Rapporteur: Maria Grapini, S&D -2018 Discharge)

Wednesday, 25 September 2019, PM

Hearing with Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

Presentation of - the follow-up report for the 2017 discharge, - the Annual Management and Performance Report for the 2018 EU budget, including information on the protection of the EU budget, and -the internal auditor report (99.5)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP -2018 Discharge )

Wednesday, 25 September 2019, PM

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Presentation of ECA Annual Report by the President of the European Court of Auditors

in the presence of Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

(On 7 October 2019 09:00 am CONT Members will receive in their pigeon the confidential advance copy of the 2018 EU Audit in brief in their own language. On 8 October 2019 at 00:01 am, 23 EU language versions of the full 2018 Annual Report documentation will be published on the ECA website)

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 09.00

Hearing with Commissioner responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development (Hearing 1)1

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs to rapporteur: 7 October, 12 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 8 October, 12hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Monday, 15 October 2019, 12h00

Thursday, 17 October 2019, AM

Presentation of the ECA Annual Report before the Plenary

October II (Strasbourg)2

Hearing with Commissioner responsible for Migration (Hearing 2)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs, if any, to rapporteur: 29 October, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 30 October, 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Thursday, 7 November 2019, 17h00

Monday, 11 November 2019, PM

1 Pending on the allocation of Commission portfolios, changes of invited Commissioners is possible.2 The approval of the new Commission is planned to take place during the October II Plenary session.

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Hearing with Commissioner responsible for Regional Development (Hearing 3)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs to rapporteur: 29 October, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission:30 October, 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Thursday, 7 November 2019, 17h

Thursday, 17 October 2019, AM

Monday, 11 November 2019, PM

Hearing with Commissioner responsible for Research and Innovation(Hearing 4)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs to rapporteur: 30 October, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 31 October, 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: 8 November, 12 h

Tuesday, 12 November 2019, AM

Hearings with Secretary Generals or Directors of the Other Institutions (except EEAS), in the context of the discharge to Other Institutions

(Rapporteur: Tomas Zdechovsky, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs, if any, to rapporteur: 30 Sept, 17hDeadline for forwarding qs to other institutions: 8 OctoberDeadline for receiving replies from other institutions: 28 October

Tuesday, 12 November 2019, PM

Hearing with Klaus Welle, Secretary- General of the European Parliament, in the context of the discharge to the European Parliament, with the participation of Pedro Silva Pereira , the Vice-President responsible for the EP Budget, and the Internal Auditor, Robert Galvin

(Rapporteur: Maria Grapini, S&D)

Monday, 18 November 2019, PM

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Secretary General of the European Commission (Hearing 5)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs, if any, to rapporteur: 6 November, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 7 November, 12 h

Deadline for receiving replies from the Commission: 14 November, 17h

Monday, 18 November 2019, PM

Hearing with High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, in the context of the discharge to the EEAS

(Rapporteur: Tomas Zdechovsky, EPP)

Deadline for forwarding qs, if any, to rapporteur: 3 October, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to EEAS: 8 October, 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from EEAS:: 29 October 2019, 17h00

Thursday, 28 November 2019, AMSTRASBOURG

Hearing with Commissioner responsible for EDF (Hearing 6)

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP - Commission) (Rapporteur: Michele Rivasi - Greens- EDF)

Deadline for forwarding qs, if any, to rapporteur: 18 November, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 19 November, 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Tuesday, 26 November 2019, 12h00

Thursday, 28 November 2019, AMSTRASBOURG

Hearing with Joint Undertakings(Rapporteur: Joachim BRUDZINSKI (ECR)- CLEAN SKY 2, ECSEL, IMI, ITER, SESAR, and Shift2Rail Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR) - BBI, FCH

Wednesday, 4 December 2019, AM

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Hearing with Agencies(Rapporteurs- Ryzsard Czarnecki (ECR) for all agencies except- CDT, CEDEFOP, ECDC, ETF, EU-OSHA and EUROFOUND for which Joachim Brudzinski (ECR))

Wednesday, 4 December 2019, PM

Hearing with Commissioner Responsible for Employment

(Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP) (Hearing 7)

Deadline for forwarding qs, to rapporteur: 25 November, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 26 November 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Monday, 2 December 2019, 12h00

Wednesday, 4 December 2019, AM or PM

Hearing with Commissioner for Budget and Administration (Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier, EPP) (Hearing 8)

Deadline for forwarding qs, to rapporteur: 26 November, 17 hDeadline for forwarding qs to Commission: 27 November 12 hDeadline for receiving replies from the Commission: Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 12h00

Thursday, 5 December 2019, AM

***Deadline for sending draft reports to translation

Commission, European Parliament, EDF, Other Institutions, Agencies, Joint Undertakings Monday, 16 December 2019

Consideration of draft reports in committee

Commission, EP, EDF, Other Institutions, Agencies, JUs 20-21 January 2020 (week 4)

Deadline for tabling amendments

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Commission, EP, EDF, Other Institutions, Agencies, JUs Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 14.00

Presentation of Council RecommendationsPresentation by the Council Presidency 19-20 February 2020 (TBC)

Adoption in committee

Deadline for Opinion giving committees – All 2018 Discharge Reports 23 January 2020

Commission, EP, EDF, Other Institutions, Agencies, JUs 19-20 February 2020

Fall-back if any discharge report encounters problems 5 March 2020

Adoption in plenary March II 2020 (week 14) - STR