1 Committee of the Regions Commission on the EU Budget 13 February 2014 Opinion on the EU Budget execution Manfred Kraff Deputy Director-General DG Budget Accounting Officer of the Commission

1.SPEED OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION 2.BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ERRORS 3.LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL PLANNING PROBLEMS 4.FOCUS ON RESULTS 2 AGENDA

3 Opinion on the EU Budget execution 13 February 2014 SPEED OF BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

4 Period ESF Absorption (end 2013)

5 Period ERDF Absorption (end 2013)

6 Period CF Absorption (end 2013)

7 Opinion on the EU Budget execution 13 February 2014 BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION ERRORS

8 ECA AR Error Rate evolution

9 ECA AR Summary

10 Protection of EU Budget COM(2013)862 – Key figures

11 Protection of EU Budget COM(2013)862 – Implementation

12 Protection of EU Budget COM(2013)862 – EAGF

13 Protection of EU Budget COM(2013)862 – ERDF + ESF

14 Opinion on the EU Budget execution 13 February 2014 LIQUIDITY & FINANCIAL PLANNING PROBLEMS

15 Comparison between the financial framework and the annual budgeted appropriations Period Gap in Payments

16 Period Execution, Back-log - RAL EUR million

17 EC outstanding budgetary commitments and pre-financing per MFF heading and in years of commitments/payments Pre Outstanding Commitments, - Pre-financings

18 Opinion on the EU Budget execution 13 February 2014 FOCUS ON RESULTS

Getting results from EU Budget The Chapter is subdivided in three parts and covers performance issues only: 1.Art. 318 TFEU Evaluation Report (two paragraphs only) Annual Activity Reports (DG COMP, DG MOVE, DG MARE) 3.ECA Special Reports published in 2012 Main issues in Chapter 10: Evaluation Report: ECA acknowledges progress but concludes that it did not provide sufficient, relevant and reliable evidence on what the EU policies have achieved. =>NEW KEY INTEREST FOR THE EP (CONT): MEP THEURER's Report 2013/2172(INI) AARs: ECA identified weaknesses as regards the formulation of SMART objectives and RACER indicators Special Reports: ECA repeats some observations made in 2012 SRs, e.g. the lack of availability of data to measure performance 19 ECA AR Chapter 10

20 Thank you for your attention