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2013 discharge: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)

2014/2121(DEC)

The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Ryszard CZARNECKI (ECR, PL) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2013.

It called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2013.

Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Authority for the financial year 2013 are reliable, and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Members called on the Parliament approve the closure of the Authority’s accounts. They made, however, a number of recommendations that needed to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.

  • Authority’s financial statements: Members noted that the final budget of the Authority for the financial year 2013 was EUR 18 767 470, representing an increase of 19.88% compared to 2012, due to the Authority’s recently established nature.

Carry-overs: Members noted with concern that the level of committed appropriations carried over was high at 85 % for operational expenditure. They acknowledged that the carryovers resulted from the multiannual IT strategy and implementation plan and from specific contracts with services to be provided in 2014. The extent to which 2013 appropriations were used to cover 2014 activities is at odds with the budgetary principle of annuality according to Members. They called on the Authority to inform the discharge authority on the actions it will take in order to reduce the amount of carryovers.