Budgetkontrollutskottet PROTOKOLL. från sammanträdet den 8 oktober 2019 kl och kl BRYSSEL

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PROTOKOLL

från sammanträdet den 8 oktober 2019 kl. 9.00–12.30 och kl. 15.00–18.30 BRYSSEL

Sammanträdet öppnades tisdagen den 8 oktober 2019 kl. 9.00 med utskottets ordförande, Monika Hohlmeier, som ordförande.

8 oktober 2019 kl. 9.00–11.00

1. Godkännande av föredragningslistan

Föredragningslistan godkändes i den form som framgår av detta protokoll.

2. Meddelanden från ordföranden

Ordföranden uppmärksammade ledamöterna på informationen i CONT News.

3. Europeiska revisionsrättens årsrapport 2018 CONT/9/01487

Föredragande:

Monika Hohlmeier (PPE)

 Presentation av revisionsrättens årsrapport för budgetåret 2018 av revisionsrättens ordförande, Klaus-Heiner Lehne

I närvaro av

- Günther Oettinger, kommissionsledamot med ansvar för budget och personal

- Lazaros S. Lazarou, ledamot av revisionsrätten, chef för avdelning V, Finansiering

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och förvaltning av unionen

Följande yttrade sig: Monika Hohlmeier, Klaus-Heiner Lehne (revisionsrättens ordförande), kommissionsledamot Günther Oettinger, Lazaros S. Lazarou (ledamot av revisionsrätten), Tsvetelina Penkova, Olivier Chastel, Mikuláš Peksa, Joachim Kuhs, Tomáš Zdechovský, Ryszard Czarnecki, Isabel García Muñoz, Angelika Winzig, Michael Heaver, Lara Wolters

8 oktober 2019 kl. 11.00–12.30

4. Revisionsrättens snabbanalys: Hållbarhetsredovisning: en beskrivning av läget vid EU:s institutioner och byråer

CONT/9/01486 Föredragande:

Lara Wolters (S&D)

 Presentation av snabbanalysen av revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot, Eva Lindström

Följande yttrade sig: Monika Hohlmeier, Eva Lindström (revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot), Lara Wolters, Maria Grapini, Rosa Aldea Busquets (kommissionen, GD BUDG)

5. Revisionsrättens särskilda rapport nr 14/2019 (ansvarsfrihet 2018): ”Kom med synpunkter!”: kommissionens offentliga samråd engagerar medborgarna, men insatserna för att nå ut är otillräckliga

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 Redogörelse för den särskilda rapporten av revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot, Annemie Turtelboom

Följande yttrade sig: Monika Hohlmeier, Annemie Turtelboom (revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot), Mikuláš Peksa, Rosa Aldea Busquets (kommissionen, GD BUDG)

8 oktober 2019 kl. 15.00–17.00

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6. Undersökningar som utförs av Europeiska byrån för bedrägeribekämpning (Olaf) vad gäller samarbete med Europeiska åklagarmyndigheten och effektiviteten i Olafs utredningar

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***I 2018/0170(COD) COM(2018)0338 – C8-0214/2018 Föredragande:

Marian-Jean Marinescu (PPE) Ansvarigt utskott:

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 Omröstning om beslut att inleda interinstitutionella förhandlingar

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Yttrandet antogs med 19 röster för, 3 röster emot och 2 nedlagda röster.

7. EU-programmet för bedrägeribekämpning CONT/9/01461

***I 2018/0211(COD) COM(2018)0386 – C8-0236/2018 Föredragande:

Tamás Deutsch (PPE) Ansvarigt utskott:

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 Omröstning om beslut att inleda interinstitutionella förhandlingar Mandatet antogs med 19 röster för, 2 röster emot och 3 nedlagda röster.

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8. Revisionsrättens särskilda rapport nr 7/2019 (ansvarsfrihet 2018): EU:s åtgärder för gränsöverskridande hälso- och sjukvård: ambitionerna är höga, men

förvaltningen måste bli bättre CONT/9/01485

Föredragande:

Cristian Ghinea (Renew) DT – PE641.370v01-00

 Redogörelse för den särskilda rapporten av revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot, Nikolaos Milionis

Följande yttrade sig: Monika Hohlmeier, Nikolaos Milionis (revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot), Cristian Ghinea, Caterina Chinnici, Andrzej Rys (kommissionen, GD SANTE) 9. Revisionsrättens särskilda rapport nr 12/2019 (ansvarsfrihet 2018): E-handel:

uppbörden av moms och tullar är fortfarande problematisk i många avseenden CONT/9/01480

Föredragande:

Tamás Deutsch (PPE) DT – PE641.365v01-00

 Redogörelse för den särskilda rapporten av revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot, Ildiko Gall-Pelcz

Följande yttrade sig: Monika Hohlmeier, Ildiko Gall-Pelcz (revisionsrättens ansvariga ledamot), Tamás Deutsch, Olivier Chastel, Corina Crețu, Caterina Chinnici, Maite Fabregas Fernandez (kommissionen, GD TAXUD)

10. Övriga frågor Inga övriga frågor

11. Kommande sammanträden

 17 oktober 2019 kl. 9.00–12.30 (Bryssel)

8 oktober 2019 kl. 17.00–18.30

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Inom stängda dörrar

12. Samordnarnas sammanträde

Sammanfattningen av samordnarnas rekommendationer finns bifogad till protokollet.

Sammanträdet avslutades kl. 18.30.

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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, Martina Dlabajová, 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, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský, Corina Crețu, Claudiu Manda, Tsvetelina Penkova, Lara WoltersOlivier Chastel, Matteo Adinolfi, Jean-François Jalkh, Joachim Kuhs, Ryszard Czarnecki, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Luke Ming Flanagan, Michael Heaver

Заместници/Suplentes/Náhradníci/Stedfortrædere/Stellvertreter/Asendusliikmed/Αναπληρωτές/Substitutes/Suppléants/Zamjenici/

Supplenti/Aizstājēji/Pavaduojantysnariai/Póttagok/Sostituti/Plaatsvervangers/Zastępcy/Membros suplentes/Supleanţi/Náhradníci/

Namestniki/Varajäsenet/Suppleanter

Marian-Jean Marinescu, Maria Grapini, Ramona Strugariu, Mikuláš Peksa

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Hannes Heide, Matthew Patten

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)

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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 (*)

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 Hélène Beaghe, Diana Popova

Kamila Wrzesinska, David Huw Elisa Reschini

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

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, Benoît 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/

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Interpretation

FR, DE, IT, NL, EN, EL, ES, 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.

Voting cards

The electronic voting system will be used for the votes and Members are reminded to bring their electronic voting card.

Adoption of Coordinators’ recommendations

The summary of Coordinators' recommendations of the meeting on 26 September 2019 was circulated to the Members on 04 October 2019.

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

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Presentation of the Annual Report concerning financial year 2018, by the President of the Court, Klaus-Heiner Lehne in the presence of Günther Oettinger, Commissioner responsible for Budget and Human Resources and Lazaros S. Lazarou, ECA Member, Dean of Chamber V,

Financing and administering the Union

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)

The President of the European Court of Auditors will present the main conclusions of the annual report of the Court as to the financial year 2018.

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

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

The 2018 Annual Report as well as the 2018 EU Audit in brief will be published on Thursday 4 October at 00:01 am in 23 EU official languages at the ECA website eca.europa.eu. It will also be available on the CONT website after publication.

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Rapporteur: Lara Wolters (S&D) Administrator: Christian Ehlers Shadow Rapporteur: Olivier Chastel (RE)

Despite the EU’s commitment to sustainability and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the European Commission does not report on or monitor how the EU budget and policies contribute to sustainable development and achieving the SDGs, according to a new review by the European Court of Auditors. The auditors said that the building blocks for meaningful sustainability reporting at EU level are largely not yet in place.

The Commission has not yet built sustainability into reporting on performance, also due to absence of a long- term strategy on sustainable development up to 2030. Two EU institutions and agencies currently publish a sustainability report, while reporting by others is piecemeal. Through sustainability reporting – also known as corporate social responsibility or non-financial reporting – an organisation publishes information about its economic, environmental and social impact. A sustainability report also presents its values and governance model, as well as demonstrating the link between its strategy and its commitment to a sustainable global economy.

The review also raises the challenge of auditing sustainability reports. The auditors say that sustainability risks are often financial risks, hence the importance of taking sustainability into account in decision-making.

Furthermore, external assurance of sustainability reports can increase credibility and stakeholders’ trust in the information provided, as well as reducing the risk of “greenwashing”, i.e. reports being used simply as PR exercises.

The auditors identify four challenges:

 producing an EU strategy on sustainability and the SDGs after 2020;

 integrating sustainability and the SDGs into the EU budget and performance plans;

 developing sustainability reporting in EU institutions and agencies;

 Increasing credibility through audit.

The ECA rapid case review is available on the CONT website.

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Rapporteur: Mikulas Peksa(Greens) Administrator: Philippe Godts

While the European Court of Auditors recognises the high standard of the Commission’s framework and participants’ overall satisfaction with the public consultation process, it found shortcomings in its outreach and feedback activities.

In 2018, 2 000 citizens on average took part in each consultation. This excludes the “clock change”

consultation, which received a record 4.6 million responses – albeit that the vast majority of these came from only one Member State (Germany). However, the auditors also found one public consultation in its sample in which only three people participated. This illustrates that the Commission needs to improve its outreach activities, say the auditors. The auditors recommend that it should better engage with its offices and authorities in the Member States to disseminate more information about consultations and adapt its communication channels to increase the range of potential participants and target

any information gaps. According to the auditors, the consultations with the lowest response rates did not use a variety of communication channels to reach their target audiences, unlike those with the highest rates.

Participation was also higher when the survey was made available in all EU official languages. However, the auditors found no clear criteria for deciding whether consultations were in the “broad public interest” and should thus be translated. They call on the Commission to provide key documents for such initiatives, as well as “priority”

initiatives, in the EU’s 24 official languages, to enable all citizens to participate easily and effectively. Moreover, the surveys, which were sometimes long and complex, should be more reader-friendly.

Preparatory information about the purpose of a consultation and planned use of its results is very likely to impact favourably on the participation rate and the quality of responses. The auditors noted the Commission had not been systematically preparing and publishing its consultation strategies or other advance information, and ask it to do so in the future.

The auditors also recommend that Commission provide participants with timely information on the consultations’ outcome. They found that feedback to respondents was insufficient: reports on the results were sometimes lacking or were delivered long after the consultations had ended, and often in English only.

Although the Commission’s data analysis was satisfactory overall, the auditors warn that checks regarding the validity of responses are limited. They call for high standards of data processing and security to protect the public consultation process against manipulation of results. They recommend that the Commission also systematically assess whether its public consultations achieve all their objectives.

The ECA special report is available on the CONT website. As a follow-up, a succinct working document with the recommendations of the Rapporteur will be sent to CONT Members. The Rapporteur’s conclusions will be part of the discharge report.

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Rapporteur: Jean-Marian Marinescu (EPP) Administrator: Christian Ehlers

Shadow Rapporteurs: Caterina Chinnici (S&D), Martina Dlabajová (RE)

The overall objective of the Commission proposal is to strengthen the protection of the EU's financial interests, more specifically to create greater synergy between OLAF and EPPO operations and enhance the effectiveness of OLAF's investigative function.

In the area of fraud, the creation of the EPPO is a substantial improvement to the current situation. Today, OLAF carries out administrative investigations using administrative powers which are limited compared to criminal investigations. Provisions to regulate the relationship between the EPPO and OLAF already exist in the EPPO Regulation. They are based on the principles of close cooperation, exchange of information, complementarity and non-duplication. These rules need to be mirrored and complemented in Regulation No 883/2013. The adaptation of the OLAF legal framework by the time the EPPO becomes operational is therefore the main driver for the amendment of Regulation No 883/2013.

The Commission published the legislative proposal on 23 May 2018 COM(2018)0338 . A first reading vote took place on 16 April 2019 in Plenary. The Council is ready to start negotiations with the European Parliament. Under Rule 72 of the European Parliament’s Rules of procedure, a vote by a majority of the members of a committee is required in order to enter negotiations on the basis of Parliament’s first reading position.

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Rapporteur: Tamás Deutsch (EPP) Administrator: Cecile Bourgault

The purpose of the Anti-Fraud Programme is to assist the Member States and the relevant Union bodies to help them better protect the Union’s financial interests.

It rolls over the Hercule III programme, that supports activities against fraud, corruption and any illegal activities, mainly in the field of customs, and combines it with the financing basis for the Anti-fraud information system and the Irregularity management system, which are two IT applications.

The Commission published the legislative proposal on 30 May 2018 COM(2018)0386 . A first reading vote took place on 12 February 2019 in Plenary; awaiting Council first reading position.

These votes are a necessary step as Rule 72 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure reads: " Where Parliament has adopted its position at first reading, that position shall constitute the mandate for any negotiations with other institutions. The committee responsible may decide, by a majority of its members, to enter into negotiations at any time thereafter. Such decisions shall be announced in Parliament during the part-session following the vote in committee and a reference to them shall be included in the minutes."

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Rapporteur: Cristian Ghinea (Renew) Administrator: Benoit Lefort

EU patients still face challenges in benefiting from the actions envisaged by the EU directive on cross-border healthcare, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. Only a minority of potential patients are aware of their rights to seek medical care abroad. At the same time, the auditors also found problems and delays in exchanging patient health data electronically between Member States. Moreover, actions to facilitate access to healthcare for rare disease patients need to be improved. The 2011 EU cross-border healthcare directive is aimed at ensuring safe and high-quality medical care across borders in the EU, as well as providing for reimbursement abroad under the same conditions as at home. EU patients who seek healthcare in another Member State – for example, undergoing planned hospital treatment or purchasing medicines – are therefore entitled to relevant information on standards of treatment, reimbursement rules and the best legal route.

The auditors examined whether the European Commission has monitored the implementation of the EU cross- border healthcare directive and supported Member States in informing patients of their rights. They assessed the results achieved on exchanges of health data across borders and checked key actions on rare diseases.

The auditors found the Commission had monitored the transposition of the directive into national law and its implementation by the Member States well. It also supported the Member States in improving information on

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patients’ rights to cross-border healthcare, but there were still some gaps.

The Commission underestimated the difficulties involved in deploying EU-wide eHealth infrastructure. By the time of the audit – November 2018 – Member States were only just about to start exchanging patient health data electronically, so the benefits for cross-border patients could not be demonstrated. Furthermore, the Commission did not properly assess either the potential use or the cost-effectiveness of exchanging cross-border health data.

The auditors recommend the Commission should:

- provide more support for national contact points to improve information on patients’ rights to cross-border healthcare;

- better prepare for cross-border exchanges of health data;

- improve support for and management of European Reference Networks to facilitate rare disease patients’ access to healthcare.

The ECA special report is available on the CONT website. As a follow-up, a succinct working document with the

recommendations of the Rapporteur will be sent to CONT Members. The Rapporteur’s conclusions will be part of the discharge report.

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Presentation of the special report, by ECA reporting member, Ildiko Gall-Pelcz

Rapporteur: Tamás Deutsch (EPP) Administrator: Cecile Bourgault Shadow Rapporteur: Olivier Chastel (RE)

E-commerce is the sale or purchase of goods or services conducted via the internet or other online communication networks.

The Union encourages e-commerce to ensure that businesses and consumers can buy and sell internationally on the internet as they do on their local markets. Member States are responsible for the collection of Value added tax (VAT) and customs duties due on e-commerce cross-border transactions.

The Court carried out this audit because any shortfall in the collection of VAT and customs duties affects the budgets of the Member States and the Union, as they must compensate for it in proportion to their Gross National Income.

It examined whether the Commission has established a sound regulatory and control framework for e-commerce with regard to the collection of VAT and customs duties, and whether Member States’ control measures help ensure the complete collection of VAT and customs duties on e-commerce. The Court considers that despite recent positive developments the Union is not currently dealing adequately with these issues.

The ECA special report is available on the CONT website. As a follow-up, a succinct working document with the recommendations of the Rapporteur will be sent to CONT Members. The Rapporteur’s conclusions will be part of the discharge report.

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European Parliament

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Committee on Budgetary Control - The Secretariat -

COORDINATORS' MEETING

Tuesday, 8 October 2019 17.00-18.30

Brussels, Meeting room ASP 3E2

Summary of recommendations

10 October 2019

1. Points system for allocation of legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions 18

2. Partial renewal of the Court of Auditors ...19

3. ECA special reports and other products...19

4. Gender Mainstreaming Network...20

5. Petitions network...20

6. Updated calendar for Agencies discharge 2018...20

Items for information ...20

7. Council Discharge - A way forward ...20

8. Any other business ...20

9. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting ...20

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Items for decision

1. Points system for allocation of legislative and non-legislative reports and opinions

Coordinators were invited to decide on the following points:

Initial allocation of points

The allocation of points to a group could be equal to 3 times its numerical strength in CONT at the beginning of the 9th term, and again the same number of points could be allocated at half-term (unused points will be lost at half-term):

Points

Group MEPs

Initial Spent Remaining

EPP 7 21 0 21

S&D 6 18 0 18

Renew 4 12 0 12

Greens/EFA 3 9 0 9

ID 3 9 0 9

ECR 3 9 0 9

GUE/NGL 2 6 0 6

“Pricing” of files

Each file will have a fixed “price” in points depending on its nature.

The “prices” proposed by the Secretariat are shown in the below table:

Type of file Procedure Report Opinion

Legislative COD 3 1

Consent

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Consultation NLE, CNS 2 1

Implementation INI 1,5 0,5

Own-initiative INI, INL 1,5 0,5

Tie breakers

If two or more groups are interested in the same file, it is proposed that the group with the highest number of points remaining prevails.

Decision: Coordinators decided to use this points system for legislative and non- legislative reports and opinions. For the appointment procedure of the Members of the Court of Auditors, Coordinators decided to apply the d'Hondt order with the precision that the rapporteur must not be of the same nationality as the designated ECA members.

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2. Partial renewal of the Court of Auditors

On the 2nd October 2019 the Council has submitted to the European Parliament the nomination of the following candidates to become new members of the ECA or to re-new their mandate as follows:

New candidates:

- Joelle ELVINGER replacing Henri GRETHEN (LUX)

- François-Roger CAZALA replacing Daniele LAMARQUE (FR) Candidates to renew their mandate:

- Alex BRENNINKMEIJER (NL) - Nikolaos MILIONIS (GR) - Klaus-Heiner LEHNE (DE)

The proposed timetable for the appointment procedure is as follows:

 11-12 November 2019 Hearing and vote on all above candidates in CONT committee

 November Plenary Vote in Plenary

Coordinators were invited to decide on the allocation of the above appointment procedures in order to be able respect the deadline of 2 months stipulated by the rules.

Decision: Coordinators decided the following allocations on the basis of the d'Hondt system and on the alphabetical order of the candidates:

- Alex BRENNINKMEIJER (NL) - EPP - François-Roger CAZALA (FR) - S&D - Joelle ELVINGER (LUX) - RE

- Klaus-Heiner LEHNE (DE) - EPP - Nikolaos MILIONIS (GR) - S&D

Political groups were invited to appoint a rapporteur(s).

3. ECA special reports and other products

Follow-up after presentation in committee

Decision: Coordinators decided to:

- maintain the habit of producing working documents on special reports in order to enrich the debate;

- no longer maintain the Commission discharge Volume II report.

Selection of sectors and presentations in committee

Coordinators were invited to decide on the allocation of sectors, as well as on the special reports/other products to be presented in CONT committee based on latest ECA indicative planning of publications.

Decision: Coordinators endorsed the allocation of sectors (as shown in Annex I).

On the basis of the ECA indicative planning showing the allocation by political groups (as shown in Annex II), the Coordinators were invited to decide on the special reports/other products to be presented in CONT committee. For the selected reports, CONT secretariat will systematically invite specialised committees to the presentation in CONT, as required

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by the Rules of procedure. As a consequence, non-selected reports can be presented in other EP committees without having been presented in CONT.

4. Gender Mainstreaming Network

Decision: Coordinators endorsed the nomination of Ms Katalin CSEH (Renew) as CONT full member, as well as the nomination of Ms Sheila RITCHIE as a substitute member to represent CONT in this network.

5. Petitions network

Decision: Coordinators decided to nominate Ms Maria Grapini (S&D) to represent CONT to this network. The nomination of a substitute member is still pending awaiting a political group proposal.

6. Updated calendar for Agencies discharge 2018

The ECA informed that the publication of its annual report on Agencies for 2018 will take place on 15 October 2019, instead of beginning of October as previously foreseen.

Consequently, the Secretariat proposes to adapt the calendar adopted by CONT on 24 July, as follows:

- Publication of the ECA Report on the annual accounts on 15 October 2019 (instead of the beginning of October)

- Horizontal and individual written questions from CONT– forwarded to the EU Agencies’

Network by 24/10/2019 (instead of 18/10/2019)

- Replies by the EU Agencies’ Network and the individual agencies – submitted to the EP by 11/11/2019 (instead of 04/11/2019).

Decision: Coordinators endorsed the updated calendar (Annex III)

Items for information

7. Council Discharge - A way forward

Coordinators took note of the following documents:

 Note produced by CONT Secretariat on “Discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union - European Council and Council”

 Gentlemens’ agreement of 22 April 1970

 Letter from former CONT Chair, Ms Gräßle to Council Secretary-General Mikkelsen, including the “Non Paper” on the cooperation between the European Parliament and the Council during the annual discharge procedure- 16 July 2018

8. Any other business

9. Time and date of next Coordinators' meeting

 11-12 November 2019 2019 (tbc)