European Parliament
Zigmantas Balčytis  (S&D ),
in writing.
(LT)
I welcomed discharge. I welcome the calls for the undertaking to base its budget on its true needs and to use appropriations properly, because carrying them over to the next year breaches the principle of annuality. It is important for evaluation and selection processes to be modified in order to improve the match between the portfolio of supported projects and the strategic European aims of the programme. ARTEMIS should fully implement its internal controls and financial information systems and solve the ‘free riding’ problem. I welcome the call for the undertaking to conclude a host agreement with Belgium, as provided by Regulation (EC) No 74/2008.

