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Products and services supplied during the financial year 2003

Resources available to the Agency in 2003

(Council Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of 15 July 2002)

Competence of the Agency

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common transport policy ‘The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, decide whether, to what extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport.’ (Article 80 of the Treaty)

Objectives To maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe To ensure the proper functioning and development of civil aviation safety To facilitate the free movement of goods, persons and services To promote cost-efficiency in the regulatory and certification processes and to avoid duplication at national and European level

Tasks — To issue opinions addressed to the Commission — To issue certification specifications and any guidance material for the application of Community policy — To provide airworthiness and environmental certification of aeronautical products — To conduct inspections in Member States concerning compliance with the rules of civil aviation safety as laid down by the Agency — To conduct the necessary investigations at undertakings — To carry out, on behalf of Member States, functions and tasks ascribed to them by applicable international Conventions, in particular the Chicago Convention (Convention on International Civil Aviation, signed on 7 December 1944)

1 Management Board Composition One representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission Duties — To adopt the work programme and oversee its implementation — To adopt guidelines for the allocation of certification tasks to Member States or qualified entities — To establish an advisory body of interested parties 2 Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board at the proposal of the Commission 3 Boards of Appeal 4 External audit The European Court of Auditors 5 Discharge authority Parliament, on the Council's recommendation

Final budget 4,75 million euro. Community contribution: 100 % Staff numbers as at 31 December 2003: Number of posts in establishment plan: 80 Posts occupied: 1 Other staff: 16 (auxiliary contracts) Total staff: 17 Assigned to the following duties: operational: 1 administrative: 4 mixed: 12
Resources made available to the Authority in 2004

(Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002)

Areas of competence deriving from the Treaty

Free movement of goods (Article 37 of the Treaty) Contribution to a high level of protection of health, safety and protection of the environment and of consumers, taking account of any new development based on scientific facts (Article 95 of the Treaty) Common trade policy (Article 133 of the Treaty) Public health (Article 152(4)(b) of the Treaty)

Objectives — To provide scientific opinions and scientific and technical support for the Community's legislation and policies which have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety; — to provide independent information on risks relating to food safety; — to contribute to the achievement of a high level of protection of human life and health; — to collect and analyse data needed to allow characterisation and monitoring of risks.

Tasks — To issue scientific opinions and studies; — to promote uniform risk assessment methodologies; — to assist the Commission; — to search for, analyse and summarise the requisite scientific and technical data; — to identify and characterise emerging risks; — to establish a network of organisations operating in similar fields; — to provide scientific and technical assistance in crisis management; — to improve international cooperation; — to provide the public and interested parties with reliable, objective and easily comprehensible information; — to take part in the Commission's rapid alert system.

1. Management Board Composition 14 members appointed by the Council (in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Commission) and one representative of the Commission. Duties To adopt the work programme and the budget and ensure that they are implemented. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board on the basis of a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following a hearing before the European Parliament. 3. Advisory Forum Composition One representative per Member State. Duties To advise the Executive Director. 4. Scientific Committee and scientific panels To draw up the Authority's scientific opinions. 5. External audit European Court of Auditors. 6. Discharge authority Parliament, on the Council's recommendation.

Final budget: 29,1 million euro (12,6 million euro) Community contribution: 100 % (100 %) Staff numbers as at 31 December 2004: Number of posts in establishment plan: 138 (49) Posts occupied: 102 (27) + 37 (36) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, employment agency staff) Total staff: 139 (63) Assigned to the following duties: — operational: 83 (33) — administrative: 56 (30)
Resources made available to the Agency

Competences of the Agency as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Environment policy Community policy on the environment shall aim at a high level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations in the various regions of the Community. It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay. (…) In preparing its policy (…), the Community shall take account of available scientific and technical data (…) (Article 174 of the Treaty)

Objectives: Setting up of a European environment information and observation network to provide the Community and the Member States with reliable information so that they are able to: (a) take the requisite action to protect the environment; (b) evaluate its implementation; (c) ensure that the public is well informed about the state of the environment.

Tasks: — to supply the Community and the Member States with the requisite information, — to record and evaluate data on the state of the environment and to report on its quality, — to ensure that environmental data are comparable at European level, — to promote the incorporation of European environmental data into international programmes, — to publish a report every five years on the state of, changes in and outlook for the environment; — to encourage the development of environmental forecasting techniques and methods of assessing the cost of damage caused to the environment, and the exchange of information on damage-prevention technology. — to encourage the development of methods of assessing the cost of damage caused to the environment and the costs of prevention, protection and restoration policies for the environment.

1. Management Board Consisting of: — one representative per Member State, — two representatives of the Commission, — two scientists appointed by the European Parliament. Task To adopt the work programme and ensure it is implemented. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. Advisory Forum Consisting of one representative per Member State, it advises the Executive Director. 4. Scientific Committee Consisting of qualified figures in the field of the environment appointed by the Management Board. 5. External audit European Court of Auditors. 6. Discharge Authority Parliament on a recommendation by the Council.

Final budget for 2005 32,1 million euro (31,1 million euro) Community subsidy: 84 % (87 %). Staff numbers at 31 December 2005 Number of posts in the establishment plan: 115 (115) posts Posts occupied: 107 (102) +34 (15) other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local and employment-agency staff) Total staff numbers: 115 (115) assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 72 (72) — administrative: 42 (42) — mixed: 1 (1)
Products and services supplied during the financial year 2006

Resources made available to the Foundation in 2006

‘The Community shall carry out, within its spheres of competence, economic, financial and technical cooperation measures with third countries. Such measures shall be complementary to those carried out by the Member States and consistent with the development policy of the Community’. (Article 181 A)

Objectives — To contribute to the development of the professional training systems of Central and Eastern Europe and the independent States of the former Soviet Union benefiting from the programme to assist economic reform and recovery of the territories and non- Member Mediterranean countries benefiting from financial and technical accompanying measures for the reform of their economic and social structures. — To promote the coordination of the assistance given to eligible countries.

Tasks In accordance with the general guidelines laid down by the Community, the ETF operates in the field of training, covering, professional, initial and lifelong training and the retraining of young people and adults via the following tasks: — assistance in defining training needs and priorities via the implementation of technical assistance measures in the training field and via cooperation with the appropriate designated bodies in the eligible countries; — acts as a clearing house to provide the Community, its Member States and the non-Member States concerned information on current initiatives and future needs in the training field and provides a framework for channelling offers of assistance.

Governing Board — One representative of each Member State — Three representatives of the Commission — Chaired by the Commission Director — Appointed by the Governing Board on a proposal from the Commission Advisory Forum — Appointed by the Governing Board — Two experts from each Member State — Two experts from each eligible country — Two experts from the social partners at European level External audit European Court of Auditors Internal audit Commission's internal audit department Discharge European Parliament on a recommendation from the Council

Budget 26,5 (26,3) million euro divided up into 19,5 (18,5) million euro funded by a Commission subsidy and 7,0 (7,8) million euro funded by other bodies as assigned revenue. This sum of 7,0 million euro divides up as follows: 0,98 million euro from the Italian Ministry of foreign affairs; 4,37 million euro from DG AIDCO (Meda-ETE); 1,69 million euro from DG EAC (Tempus) Staff numbers as at 31 December 2006 105 (104) temporary posts in the establishment plan of which 94 (97) posts occupied. 32 (22) other staff (auxiliaries, local agents, contract staff Total staff: 126 (119), assigned to the following duties: — operational tasks: 73 (68) — administrative tasks: 34 (33) — mixed tasks: 19 (18).
Products and services supplied in 2006

Resources available to the Centre in 2006

Competences of the Centre as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

The Community complements the Member States' action in reducing drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention. (Article 152 of the Treaty)

Objectives To provide the Union and its Member States with reliable information at European level concerning drugs and drug addiction and their consequences. The Monitoring Centre should give priority to analysing: 1) the demand and reduction of the demand for drugs; 2) national and Community strategies and policies; 3) international cooperation and the geopolitics of supply; 4) control of the trade in narcotics, psychotropic substances and drug precursors; 5) the implications of drug use for producer, consumer and transit countries, including money laundering.

Tasks — To collect and analyse data. — To make enquiries and carry out preparatory actions. — To ensure that European-level data are more reliable. — To publish reliable information. — To improve coordination between national and Community actions. — To promote the incorporation of drug-related data into international programmes.

1. The Management Board Comprises one representative from each Member State, two representatives of the Commission and two qualified scientists appointed by the European Parliament. It approves the work programme and general annual report and adopts the budget. 2. Director: Appointed by the Management Board at the Commission's proposal. 3. Scientific Committee: Delivers opinions. It is made up of one representative from each Member State. The Management Board may also appoint a maximum of six other members on the basis of their specific qualifications. 4. External control: Court of Auditors 5. Discharge authority: European Parliament on the Council's recommendation.

Final budget 13,12 million euro (12,8 million euro). Community contribution: 92 % (96 %). Staff numbers as at 31 December 2006 Number of posts in establishment plan: 77 (77) Posts occupied: 68 (58) +23 (25) other staff (auxiliary contracts, contract staff and temporary replacements) Total staff: 91(83) Assigned to the following duties: operational: 53,5 (50,5) administrative and IT support: 30 (25) mixed: 7,5 (7,5)
Resources available to the Centre

Competences of the Centre as specified in Regulation (EC) No 851/2004

Area of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

A high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities. Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information and education. (Article 152 of the Treaty)

Objectives To strengthen Europe's defences against infectious diseases; specifically, to identify, assess and communicate current and emerging threats to human health from communicable diseases. Therefore the Centre shall operate dedicated surveillance networks, provide scientific opinions, operate the early warning and response system (EWRS) and provide scientific and technical assistance and training.

Tasks — To operate dedicated disease surveillance networks and enhance networking activities. The Centre has a specific role in data collection, validation, analysis and dissemination. — To provide authoritative expert advice and scientific opinions and studies on communicable diseases. — To operate the EWRS. Develop procedures for identifying emerging health threats. — To strengthen Member States' capacity in preparedness planning and in training. — To inform the general public and interested parties of its work.

1. Management Board One member designated by each MemberState, two members designated by the European Parliament and three representatives of the Commission. The Board adopts the Centre's annual programme and budget and monitors their implementation. 2. Director Appointed by the Management Board on the basis of a list of candidates proposed by the Commission. 3. Advisory Forum A representative of each MemberState and three non-voting representatives of the Commission. The Forum is to assure the scientific excellence of the work and the independence of the activities and opinions of the Centre. 4. External audit Court of Auditors. 5. Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation by the Council.

2007 Final Budget 28,9 (17,1) million euro, including a community subsidy of 98 % and 2 % of EFTA funds Staff Numbers Posts in the establishment plan: 90 (50) Posts occupied: 80 (48) +42 (36) other posts Total staff: 122 (84) assigned to the following duties: — operational: 75 (49) — administrative:47 (35)
Resources made available to the Agency 2007

Competences of the Agency as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as amended by Regulations (EC) No 1644/2003 and (EC) No 724/2004

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common transport policy ‘The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, decide whether, to what extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport.’ (Article 80 of the Treaty)

Objectives — To ensure a high, uniform and effective level of maritime safety and prevention of pollution by ships. — To provide the MemberStates and the Commission with technical and scientific assistance. — To monitor the implementation of Community legislation in this field and to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures in place. — To introduce operational methods for combating pollution in European waters.

Tasks — To assist the Commission in drawing up Community legislation and in its implementation. — To monitor the overall functioning of the Community port State control regime, which may include visits to the Member States. — To provide the Commission with technical assistance for the port State control of ships. — To work with the Member States on developing technical solutions and to provide technical assistance related to the implementation of Community legislation. — To promote cooperation between riparian States in the shipping areas concerned. — To develop and operate any information system necessary. — To facilitate cooperation between the MemberStates and the Commission in the development of a common methodology for investigating maritime accidents. — To provide the Commission and the Member States with reliable information on maritime safety and on pollution by ships. — To assist the Commission and the Member States in the identification and pursuit of ships making unlawful discharges. — To monitor the classification societies recognised by the EU and to issue the corresponding reports to the Commission. — To assist the Commission with the input for and implementation of tasks relating to the Directive on marine equipment. — To provide the Commission with data on the introduction of the Directive on ship waste reception facilities in European ports.

1. Administrative Board Composition One representative per MemberState, four representatives of the Commission, four representatives, without the right to vote, from the professional sectors concerned. Tasks — To adopt the budget and the work programme. — To examine requests from Member States for assistance. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Administrative Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. External audit Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation by the Council.

Final budget Title 1: 15 320 297 euro (13 400 000 euro) Title 2: 3 179 703 euro (2 905 000 euro) Title 3: 29 749 058 euro (28 433 440 euro) Total: 48 249 058 euro (44 738 440 euro) TA and Permanent Staff 153 (132) Other staff AUX & CA: 13 (9) SNE: 13 (11)
Resources made available to the Agency in 2009

Competences of the Agency as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004

Areas of Union competence deriving from the Treaty

The Council shall adopt measures to ensure administrative cooperation between the relevant departments of the Member States in the (domains described hereafter), as well as between those departments and the Commission … The Union shall develop a policy with a view to: … (b) carrying out checks on persons and efficient monitoring of the crossing of external borders; (c) the gradual introduction of an integrated management system for external borders. (Articles 74 and 77 of the TFEU)

Objectives Frontex was established with a view to improving the integrated management of the external borders of the Member States. Frontex must: (a) Facilitate and render more effective the application of existing and future measures relating to the management of external borders. (b) Ensure the coordination of Member States’ actions in the implementation of those measures, thereby contributing to an efficient, high and uniform level of control on persons and surveillance of the external borders of the Member States. (c) Provide the Commission and the Member States with the necessary technical support and expertise in the management of the external borders and promote solidarity between Member States.

Main tasks (1) to coordinate operational cooperation between Member States in the field of the management of external borders; (2) to assist Member States in training of national border guards and establish common training standards; (3) to carry out risk analysis; (4) to follow up on the development of research in control and surveillance; (5) to assist Member States in circumstances requiring increased technical and operational assistance; (6) to provide Member States with the necessary support in organising joint return operations.

1 — Management Board Composed of: — one representative of each Member State, — two representatives of the Commission, — one representative per Schengen associated country (Norway, Iceland) with a limited right to vote. 2 — Executive Director Appointed, on a proposal by the Commission, by the Management Board. 3 — External audit Court of Auditors. 4 — Discharge authority Parliament, acting on a recommendation from the Council.

Budget 88,8 million euro (71,2 million euro) * Union contribution 85,0 million euro (68 million euro) Staff at 31 December 2009 * Establishment plan: 117 (94) * Occupied: 100 (75) Other posts: Contract staff planned 68 (50) Contract staff occupied 60 (44) SNE’s planned: 70 (70) SNE’s occupied: 66 (66) Total staff number: 255 (214) of which occupied: 226 (185) Assigned to the following occupied tasks: * operational: 157 (126) * administrative: 69 (59)
It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child.

The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.

(Articles 2 and 3 of the Treaty of the European Union)

to provide the Union institutions with information on gender equality and gender mainstreaming as well as to accession and candidate countries.

to make information on gender mainstreaming available to public and private organisations;

to develop dialogue and cooperation with non-governmental and equal opportunities organisations, universities and experts, research centres, social partners;

to disseminate information regarding positive examples of non-stereotypical roles for women and men in every walk of life, present its findings and initiatives designed to publicise and build on such success stories;

in order to raise EU citizens’ awareness of gender equality, to organise, with relevant stakeholders, conferences, campaigns, meetings at EU-level, and present the findings and conclusions to the Commission;

to carry out surveys on the situation in Europe as regards gender equality;

to develop, analyse, evaluate and disseminate methodological tools in order to support the integration of gender equality into all Union policies and the resulting national policies and to support gender mainstreaming in all Union institutions and bodies;

to develop methods to improve the objectivity, comparability and reliability of data at European level;

To collect, analyse and disseminate relevant comparable and reliable information as regards gender equality;

To contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality including gender mainstreaming in all Union policies and the resulting national policies, and the fight against discrimination based on sex, and to raise EU citizens’ awareness of gender equality.

(Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council)

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