Examples of using Secretariat explained in English and their translations into German
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Political
The Secretariat explained that it was fine-tuning the areas in which the estimates forecasted small overspending.
In reply to a question by Mr Boldt about a possiblechange to the rules on the reimbursement of travel expenses, the secretariat explained that the Council had undertaken to extend the existing EESC options A and B sine die.
The secretariat explained that this had been done at the administrative level in the past and that this budget line was well under control.
With regard to Mrs Mendza-Drozd's comment that Group3 was not represented in the report on experts, the Secretariat explained that cost centres that do not have any costs do not appear in the reports, in order to avoid a potentially long list of cost centres without costs.
The secretariat explained that the work programme was being constantly updated and that new points could always be added, as long as this was done in good time.
Following comments by Ms Mendza-Drozd, who inquired about the model used for estimating legal costs and by Ms Sharma, who recalled her comments from the previous meeting about theneed for capping the expenditure under this budget line, the secretariat explained the mechanism in question and the measures being taken to contain this type of expenditure in the future.
At the request of Ms Jerneck, the Secretariat explained the programme of the Presidential visit to Tunisia on 26-28 April.
The secretariat explained that request a concerned a meeting of the"Eurochambres" sub-group, the interpreting costs of which were covered by the EESC.
With regard to the proposal of the Communication Department"Your Europe, Your Say 2011" and in reply to questions whether this event would befinanced from the 2010 or 2011 budget, the Secretariat explained that the running costs(Members' travel costs and allowances, interpreting) would have to be paid from the 2011 budget and that the rest would be outsourced to an external contractor and be paid from the 2010 communication budget.
The secretariat explained the procedures involved in the drawing-up of the work programme, including proposals for own-initiative opinions and the role of the bureau.
The Secretariat explained the main figures and trends of both documents and also the main dates of the 2012 budgetary procedure and budgetary conciliation.
The TEN section secretariat explained that the TEN section's relations with the European Parliament were similar to the INT section's.
The secretariat explained that the situation on item 1422 had been repeatedly addressed at previous Budget Group meetings and that the possibility of overspending had been foreseen in the estimates.
The Secretariat explained that most of these comments had already been included in a presentation to be made at the September Bureau and that the others would not go unanswered.
The secretariat explained that the payments under the new reimbursement system were being carefully analysed with a view to establishing reliable forecasts for item 1004 within the coming months.
The Secretariat explained the overlap between the AST and AD category and noted that the new AD posts would be filled on the basis of a certification procedure or an EPSO competition.
The Secretariat explained that currently Experts were subject to the same reimbursement rules as Members and that this would not necessarily remain so under the new Members' financial statute.
The secretariat explained that the forecasting system was based on average costs of various types of meetings and that the report suggested that the estimates held up well in average.
The chairman and the secretariat explained that the introductory comments were prepared every year under the authority of the chairman of the budget group to introduce the working documents submitted to the budgetary authority.
The secretariat explained that the savings were mostly due to a new approach to staff management, the lower impact of promotions this year and to the transfer of 18 staff members to the EP on 1 October.
The secretariat explained that the review had been necessary to ensure that all procedures reflected the requirements of the enlarged CCMI and were in keeping with existing regulations and the drive to greater simplification.
The secretariat explained the procedural developments concerning the proposed own-initiative opinion on self-employment trends and that LMO meetings and hearing would come out of the overall SOC budget.
The secretariat explained that the statistical analysis of presence rates and costs was progressing well but that parameters had not been updated yet given that the sample collected from the beginning of the term of office was still limited.
The secretariat explained the context of the visit by Mrs Vlasto, making reference to an earlier visit to the EP by Mr van Iersel as part of his work on CCMI/017 Fostering structural change: an industrial policy for an enlarged Europe.
The Secretariat explained in detail the need for transfers of EUR 5 000 each for the participation of Croatian observers in plenary sessions and for the Association of Former Members, and the conditional equal financing by Group I and Group II.
The Secretariat explained that according to the new mechanism, requests for meetings with more than three participating members would be submitted to the Budget Group and the Bureau either as a part the annual list at the beginning of each year or separately in the course of the year.
The secretariat explained that the relevant Note to the EESC Bureau proposed expanding the study group to include more representation from the new Member States and the holding of two additional meetings of the study group as well as an exchange of views in the next meeting of the CCMI.
The Secretariat explained that the missing figures concerning interpretation costs for foreseen meetings had not been displayed for technical reasons and informed the Budget Group that the necessary function had been developed in the meantime and the missing information would be completed before the meeting of 10 January 2012.
The Secretariat explained that the transfer of 36 posts to the European Parliament would be reflected in the 2015 Budget by a reduction of appropriations for staff salaries and by an increase of appropriations for political activities and external translation to partly compensate for the loss of translation posts.
The Secretariat explained that there was an overlap between the new rules for authorisation of meetings and the previous rules, according to which it was not necessary to submit the request GB_CES289-2011 to the Budget Group, and that therefore most of the expenditure for this event had already been approved and committed through framework contracts.