Products and services supplied during the financial year 2007

Resources made available to the Agency in 2007

Competences of the Agency as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Collection of information The Commission may, within the limits and under conditions laid down by the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Treaty, collect any information and carry out any checks required for the performance of the tasks entrusted to it. (Article 284 of the Treaty)

Objectives To provide the relevant institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Community and its MemberStates when implementing Community law with assistance and expertise relating to fundamental rights in order to support them when they take measures or formulate courses of action within their respective spheres of competence to fully respect fundamental rights.

Tasks — To collect, analyse and disseminate relevant, objective, reliable and comparable information including results from research and monitoring communicated to it by Member States, Union institutions as well as bodies, offices and agencies of the Community and the Union, research centres, national bodies, non-governmental organisations, third countries and international organisations and in particular by the competent bodies of the Council of Europe. — To develop methods to improve the comparability, objectivity and reliability of data at European level. — To carry out and to cooperate with or encourage scientific research and studies including, where appropriate and compatible with its priorities and its annual work programme, at the request of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission. — To publish conclusions and opinions on specific thematic topics, for the Union institutions and the Member States when implementing Community law, either on its own initiative or at the request of the European Parliament, the Council or the Commission. — To publish an annual report on fundamental rights issues covered by the areas of the Agency's activity and thematic reports as will as an annual report on its activities. — To develop a communication strategy and promote dialogue with civil society, in order to raise public awareness of fundamental rights.

1. Management Board Composition One independent person appointed by each MemberState, one independent person appointed by the Council of Europe and two representatives of the Commission. Duties — To adopt the work programme and the general annual report. — To adopt the final budget and the establishment plan. — To give an opinion on the final accounts. 2. Executive Board Composition — Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Management Board. — The person appointed by the Council of Europe in the Management Board may participate in the meetings of the Executive Board. — One representative of the Commission. — Two other members of the Management Board. 3. Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission and after opinions of the European Parliament and of the Council. 4. External audit Court of Auditors. 5. Internal control The Commission's internal audit service. 6. Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation of the Council.

Final budget 14,2 million euro (9,3 million euro) of which the Community subsidy is 98 % (100 %) Staff as at 31 December 2007 46 (37) posts in the establishment plan, of which posts occupied: 34 (35) +11 (10) other staff (contract agents, seconded national experts, employment agency staff) Total staff: 57 (47) undertaking the following tasks: operational: 31 (28) administrative: 21 (15) mixed: 5 (4)