Translation of "Conduite de décharge du pressuriseur " (French → English) :

3. Recalls that, in its resolution of 5 May 2010 , on discharge to Parliament for the financial year 2008, Parliament deplores the great number (88 out of 452) and significant proportion of outstanding actions in respect of the audit carried out by the Internal Auditor on the internal control framework; notes with satisfaction the replies by the Secretary-General to the discharge questionnaire according to which, in the opinion of the Directors General, considerable progress took place in the implementation of the action items adopted by them: by the end of 2010 they considered 51 actions to have been fully implemented (including all of ...[+++] the 4 critical actions), 31 actions to have been partially implemented, whilst for 6 actions most of the work still needed to be done; requests however that the assessment and validation by its Internal Auditor of these self-assessments be included in its forthcoming annual report; also requests the Secretary-General to report on a six monthly basis to the Committee on Budgetary Control on all outstanding actions;

2. Notes with concern the allegations in relation to management within the EESC, which have led to a sanctioned case of internal complaint (whistleblowing); notes that on 11 March 2011 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) decided to open an investigation, and requests the EESC and OLAF to report to the discharge authority on the progress and outcome of the case; directs its committee responsible for the discharge procedure to follow up the issue closely in order to obtain additional information on the impact of the OLAF investigation and to take into account the outcome in the 2010 discharge;

‘railway yard’ means an area crossed by a number of parallel railway tracks (usually more than two) interconnected between them, which are used to stop trains in order to load / unload freight without interrupting the traffic of a main railway line,

8. Believes that the 2008 discharge takes place at a crucial time, when a formal agreement on the discharge process for the new European External Action Service (EEAS) must be set out clearly to ensure credibility through full transparency, and calls on Council to ensure that it submits to Parliament, before the end of the 2008 discharge procedure, concrete, detailed and all-encompassing plans for the staffing, organisational and control structures of the EEAS, including EU military staff, the Situation Centre, the GSC´s Crisis Manage ...[+++]ment and Planning Directorate, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, as well as all staff in the General Secretariat working on Foreign and Security Policy, showing in particular the increase and allocation of staff and the budgetary implications provided for and to immediately take part in the negotiations with the budgetary authority on the basis of the proposals submitted;

6. Believes that the 2008 discharge takes place at a crucial time, when a formal agreement on the discharge process for the new European External Action Service (EEAS) must be set out clearly to ensure credibility through full transparency, and calls on Council to ensure that it submits to Parliament, before the end of the 2008 discharge procedure, concrete, detailed and all-encompassing plans for the staffing, organisational and control structures of the EEAS, including EU military staff, the Situation Centre, the GSC´s Crisis Manage ...[+++]ment and Planning Directorate, the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability, as well as all staff in the General Secretariat working on Foreign and Security Policy, showing in particular the increase and allocation of staff and the budgetary implications provided for and to immediately take part in the negotiations with the budgetary authority on the basis of the proposals submitted;

Over the past years, as more decentralised agencies have been created, the budgetary authority has looked to improve transparency and control over the management of the Community funding allocated to them, in particular concerning the budgetisation of the fees, financial control, power of discharge, pension scheme contributions and the internal budgetary procedure (code of conduct).