Resumo : Proceedings of the workshop on "Better Avoidance of Conflict of Interest: EU Agencies and Other Bodies Moving Forward" held on 21 February 2013 in Brussels.

Autores : János Bertók (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD, Paris, France), Paul de Clerck (Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation - Alter EU), Geert Dancet (European Chemicals Agency - ECHA, European Commission), Christoph Demmke (European Institute of Public Administration - EIPA, Maastricht, the Netherlands), Ian Harden (Secretariate General of the European Ombudsman), Thinam Jakob (HR Directorate General, European Commission), Igors Ludboržs (European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg), Jana Mittermaier (Transparency International), Wolfgang Rau (Group of States against Corruption - GRECO, Council of Europe) and Mario Tenreiro (Secretariat General, European Commission)

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : This document contains the presentations by the three experts invited and the subsequent discussion with Members of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the representative of the European Parliament's Legal Service, as taken from the recording of the English interpretation.

Autores : Academic editor : Carlino Antpöhler (Max Planck Institute for Public Law, Heidelberg, Germany) ; Contributing experts : Matthias Rossi (University Augsburg, Germany), Florence Chaltiel Terral (University Grenoble, France), Carlino Antpöhler (Max Planck Institute for Public Law, Heidelberg, Germany) and Ricardo Passos (European Parliament)

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : The study summarises the results of a peer review of the CIP and EIP evaluation reports. The peer review was conducted in two stages: first, the general CIP evaluation and, second, a detailed review of the EIP evaluation with regard to the specific needs of SMEs and how the EIP programme has targeted these needs. The peer review process was conducted with consideration of the heterogeneity and complexity of the nature of SMEs. The conclusions and recommendations highlight themes for the focus of future evaluations and make suggestions for future SME support on a European level.

Autores : Study team: Ingrid Bauer, Christine Hamza and Herta Tödtling-Schönhofer (Metis GmbH) Peer review experts: Giel Dubbeld, Manfred Horvat and Tea Petrin

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : The European Commission oversees the recovery by Member States of Traditional Own Resources (TOR), that is customs debt and sugar levies, for the European Union’s budget revenue. It fulfils high standards of control each year. According to the Commission 98 per cent of customs debt identified by Member States is entered in national accounts and transferred as TOR to the EU accounts without particular problems. Yet significant differences of performance exist between Member States. The report examines these differences, using published and accessible data to estimate the effects of such differences for the EU budget. It makes recommendations on how to improve even further the collection of this revenue and better safeguard all Member States share in TOR recovery.

Autores : James SPENCE (Institut d’Etudes politiques - Sciences Po, Paris, France), and Hans DAVIDS (EurBalance, The Netherlands)

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : The catalogue provides the list of publications (2005-2012) prepared by Policy Department D Budgetary Affairs. Short summaries describe the content of each document. Abbreviations inform the reader about the range of available language versions. The reader is invited to either consult them online or request hard copies for further reading. The full-text versions of all documents are available on our Intranet site at: http://www.ipolnet.ep.parl.union.eu/ipolnet/cms/poldeptd/pid/1517 and most of the studies can be found also in the study database at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/studies.

Autores : Policy Department on Budgetary Affairs, European Parliament

Comissões : Assuntos orçamentais, Controlo Orçamental

Resumo : The Workshop has been organised in order to provide the Committee on Budgetary Control with external expertise on the legal position of the European Parliament with regard to the discharge of the Council's budget. Three briefing papers by academic experts have been prepared, giving different views on the topic. All experts agree on the Parliament's right to receive information considered necessary. Its legal authorisation to grant discharge to the Council has not been supported by all experts.

Autores : Matthias Rossi (Universität Augsburg, Germany), Florence Chaltiel Terral (University Grenoble, France) and Carlino Antpöhler (Max Planck Institute for Public Law, Heidelberg, Germany)

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : The study depicts the state of investigative journalism in the 27 EU member states, with a focus on Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain, UK and a special focus on the interaction between European institutions and investigative journalists. It illustrates conditions promoting or impeding good investigative journalism in general, and in particular for reporting on fraud with EU funds and revenues. It recommends: a swift implementation of workable freedom of information laws across the EU, comprehensiveness of data provided by EU bodies and member states on their spending, targeted training for journalists, promotion of investigative centres and more cooperation between journalists and officials at EU and national levels, this in view of advanced transparency and helping citizens to understand the added value of EU spending.

Autores : Principal author : Margo Smit (Fonds Pascal Decroos, Vereniging van Onderzoeksjournalisten) ; Co-authors : Brigitte Alfter, Mar Cabra, Annamarie Cumiskey, Ides Debruyne, Marcos García Rey, Rafael Njotea, Albrecht Ude

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : This study aims to describe control of the EU budget exercised by the European Parliament, in particular ex-post control of the budget after it has been implemented, and to compare it to ex-post control of national budgets carried out by the parliaments of the EU Member States. The subject is introduced by a brief overview of budgetary control in the different phases of the EU budgetary cycle. The study then focuses on the discharge procedure itself. After considering what this control function consists of, the study presents how parliaments carry it out and provides an overview of the examination of the EU budget by Member States. Subsequently, it identifies prerogatives and roles of other actors involved in the discharge procedure, notably the Supreme Audit Institutions and the Executive. The study closes with a brief presentation of the consequences resulting from exercising budgetary control.

Autores : Anna Marlene KANIS

Comissões : Controlo Orçamental, Assuntos orçamentais

Resumo : The study looked into the impact - on both EU and national budgets - of transferring responsibilities/tasks from the national to the European level following the creation of EU agencies and also examined possible synergies and duplications between them. The study focused on two growing EU agencies - the European Aviation Safety Agency and the European Medicines Agency - which cooperate with the national agencies in different ways. The study covers all 27 Member States and provides an analysis of available financial figures and qualitative assessments in order to evaluate the impact at national and EU level.

Autores : PricewaterhouseCoopers SARL, Luxembourg

Comissões : Assuntos orçamentais, Controlo Orçamental