Translation of "translation of report de l'exercice précédent " (French → English) :

18. Takes note that in seven cases, the Court of Auditors still noted a high level of cancellations of carryovers from previous years; observes that such carryovers indicate that the appropriations carried over were made on the basis of over-estimated needs or were otherwise not justified; calls upon the Network to do everything in its power to prevent future carryovers, in particular concentrating on those agencies, that cancelled carryovers from previous years;

56. Strongly condemns the Council's cut to commitment appropriations for humanitarian aid which cannot resolve the problem of carrying over backlogs of unpaid invoices from previous years and is jeopardising the smooth implementation of this policy, putting the lives of its beneficiaries in threat; stresses that the level of payment appropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve should correspond to the level of commitment appropriations and must be entered in the budget over and above the MFF payment ceiling; stresses the gap between commitment and payment appropriations in humanitarian aid should be reduced in order to take account of the short spending cycles in ...[+++]this area and to break the habit of carrying over backlogs of unpaid invoices from previous years; strongly rejects the adverse effects that payment cutbacks, including postponed payment and delayed operations, that are a consequence of inadequate budgeting, pose for humanitarian aid, and that are especially ill-fated when so many people are affected by the increasing instability in the periphery; thinks these events serve as a sad but strong alarm signal for the necessity for a more realistic way of budgeting;

55. Strongly condemns the Council's cut to commitment appropriations for humanitarian aid which cannot resolve the problem of carrying over backlogs of unpaid invoices from previous years and is jeopardising the smooth implementation of this policy, putting the lives of its beneficiaries in threat; stresses that the level of payment appropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve should correspond to the level of commitment appropriations and must be entered in the budget over and above the MFF payment ceiling ; stresses the gap between commitment and payment appropriations in Humanitarian aid should be reduced in order to take account of the short spending cycles in ...[+++]this area and to break the habit of carrying over backlogs of unpaid invoices from previous years; strongly rejects the adverse effects that payment cutbacks, including postponed payment and delayed operations, that are a consequence of inadequate budgeting, pose for humanitarian aid,, and that are especially ill-fated when so many people are affected by the increasing instability in the periphery; thinks these events serve as a sad but strong alarm signal for the necessity for a more realistic way of budgeting;

2. The Commission shall submit carry-over proposals in respect of the preceding financial year to the European Parliament and to the Council by 15 February of the current financial year.

5. Notes the Court of Auditors‘ finding that in 2008 Eurojust still had a problem as regards carrying forward appropriations, even if it seems that the amount was lower than in the previous year (13% of final budget appropriations, instead of the 25% of appropriations carried over in 2007); notes with concern, however, that the level of appropriations carried over from the previous year and then cancelled (EUR 1 000 000, or 25% of appropriations carried over) was high and that this situation is at odds with the annuality principle; calls therefore on Eurojust to take action to prevent this situation from recurring in future and to then ...[+++] inform the discharge authority;

5. Notes the Court of Auditors’ finding that in 2008 Eurojust still had a problem as regards carrying forward appropriations, even if it seems that the amount was lower than in the previous year (13% of final budget appropriations, instead of the 25% of appropriations carried over in 2007); notes with concern, however, that the level of appropriations carried over from the previous year and then cancelled (EUR 1 000 000, or 25% of appropriations carried over) was high and that this situation is at odds with the annuality principle; calls therefore on Eurojust to take action to prevent this situation from recurring in future and then in ...[+++]form to the discharge authority;