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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2006-04-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Discharges for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20060426.15.3-182"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2006-04-26-Speech-3-1832
lpv:speaker	lp:Véronique Mathieu Houillon2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AGRI (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2005-10-12--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Southeast Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (2004-09-21--2007-03-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, as shadow rapporteur for the agencies, I should like to thank the thoroughly competent rapporteurs for their expertise and their openness and, in particular, Mr Guidoni for his great ability to listen. I feel it would be opportune to raise a number of points concerning the implementation of the agencies' budget. The first point I should like to make is that out of the 30 existing agencies only 14 are subject to our control. It is vital, in my view, that the remaining 16, whose budgets are also funded by European taxpayers, should be submitted for Parliament to discharge. Furthermore, the enlargement to 25 Member States has increased the burden on the agencies, yet they have not been given the necessary resources to be able to function effectively. We need to take an understanding approach to these agencies in light of the rather special circumstances surrounding this issue. On the other hand, contentious issues that crop up repeatedly must be dealt with quickly. Examples of this include the Environment Agency and the EUR 906 000 in taxes wrongly collected by the city of Copenhagen between 2000 and 2004, and the Translation Centre for the bodies of the EU and the disputed EUR 7.5 million – that is to say, a quarter of its annual budget – in respect of the payment of employers’ taxes. These facts have been known for several years but nothing practical has been done about them. This is totally unacceptable. As for the future of the Agency for Reconstruction, namely the gradual winding up of its activities in 2008 as laid down by the Commission, I personally do not see any problem with this, in light of the fact that the agency had originally been declared provisional. Like some of my fellow Members, I could not go without mentioning the issue on everyone’s lips – the city of Strasbourg. The legitimacy of Parliament’s seat is not in any way called into question today, and in any case this would not fall within the remit of Parliament or its Members. Let me state that the location of the seat is based on the Treaties; it is therefore absolutely not under discussion today. That being said, the stories circulating of late about the excessive rent that the city of Strasbourg has been charging Parliament for 25 years must be brought fully out into the open. A parliamentary inquiry committee should therefore be set up and the matter referred to OLAF. All of the parties involved – Parliament’s services, the city of Strasbourg, the French and European monitoring bodies – must provide us with as much additional information as possible."@en1

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